The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 40, Issue 9

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Herrick & Noyes, 1875
 

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Page 473 - I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
Page 473 - I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God...
Page 463 - The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God, and sacrificed everything to its own mighty claims!
Page 463 - There is something preternatural in my reluctance to begin ; I linger at the threshold, and have a perception of very disagreeable phantasms to be encountered if I enter. I wish God had given me the faculty of writing a sunshiny book.
Page 469 - Christe receive thy saule. When thou from hence away are paste, Every night and alle ; To Whinny-muir thou comest at laste ; And Christe receive thye saule. If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, Every night and alle ; Sit thee down, and put them on ; And Christe receive...
Page 496 - he instructed and governed the infant college with general approbation ; and composed a system of natural philosophy, which the students recited for many years.
Page 481 - WHEREAS Charles Stuart, King of England, is and standeth convicted, attainted and condemned of High Treason and other high Crimes ; and Sentence upon Saturday last was pronounced against him by this Court, To be put to death by the severing of his head...
Page 508 - Behold, behold the Lamb !" From the banks of the Ganges, from Greenland's icy mountains and India's coral strands; from the shores of the Pacific, and where flow the waters of the Nile; from Alpine heights, and New England's palatial residences, comes the legitimate response "I see, I see the star!
Page 478 - ... increased to such a degree, as to excite the jealousy of some of his former masters. The impatient and violent spirit of our author, which had already partially displayed itself, was called into full action, in an adventure which occurred between him and these persons. They insulted him ; he attacked some dozen of them, armed with all manner of weapons, and, " rushing among them, like a mad bull, he threw down four or five, and fell to the ground along with them ; now aiming his dagger at one,...
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