The pupil's manual of choice reading, arranged by T.B. Smith |
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... thousand cheerful omens give Hope of yet happier days - whose dawn is nigh . He who has tamed the elements , shall not live The slave of his own passions ; he whose eye Unwinds the eternal dances of the sky , And in the abyss of ...
... thousand cheerful omens give Hope of yet happier days - whose dawn is nigh . He who has tamed the elements , shall not live The slave of his own passions ; he whose eye Unwinds the eternal dances of the sky , And in the abyss of ...
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... thousand years had grown O'er prostate Europe , in that day of dread Crumbled and fell , -as fire dissolves the flaxen thread . Thus error's monstrous shapes from earth are driven ; They fade , they fly - but truth survives their flight ...
... thousand years had grown O'er prostate Europe , in that day of dread Crumbled and fell , -as fire dissolves the flaxen thread . Thus error's monstrous shapes from earth are driven ; They fade , they fly - but truth survives their flight ...
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... thousand years have rolled along , And blasted empires in their pride , And witnessed scenes of crime and wrong , Till men by nations died . * Destroyed B.C. 606 . + This beautiful American Poem has an especial reference to the ruins of ...
... thousand years have rolled along , And blasted empires in their pride , And witnessed scenes of crime and wrong , Till men by nations died . * Destroyed B.C. 606 . + This beautiful American Poem has an especial reference to the ruins of ...
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... thousand bright lamps shone o'er that high festival . A thousand cups of gold , in Judah deem'd divine- Jehovah's vessels hold the godless Heathen's wine ! In that same hour and hall , the fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall ...
... thousand bright lamps shone o'er that high festival . A thousand cups of gold , in Judah deem'd divine- Jehovah's vessels hold the godless Heathen's wine ! In that same hour and hall , the fingers of a hand Came forth against the wall ...
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... thousand years ago , When the Memnonium was in all its glory , And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples , palaces , and piles stupendous , Of which the very ruins are tremendous . Tell us , if perchance thou canst recollect- To ...
... thousand years ago , When the Memnonium was in all its glory , And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples , palaces , and piles stupendous , Of which the very ruins are tremendous . Tell us , if perchance thou canst recollect- To ...
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arms battle beautiful behold bells blessing blood blood-hounds bosom brave breast breath bright brow Brutus Cæsar Cassius clouds dark dead death deep doth earth England Erin go bragh eternal eyes father fear feel fire flowers gallant Gelert glorious glory grave hand hast hath hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre hills holy honourable human HYDER ALI Inchcape Rock Jehovah king land Lars Porsena light live Lochiel look Lord loud lyre mighty mind morning mountain nations never night noble o'er ocean peace pennon plain prayer proud roar rock rolling Rome round Saint Guthlac Saxon SHAKSPEARE shine shore shout silent Skiddaw sleep smile song soul sound spirit stars stood storm stream sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou thought thousand throne thunder toil Trust truth Twas unto voice waves wild wind
Popular passages
Page 166 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 49 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 155 - THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 156 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 205 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 158 - THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the Pass!
Page 44 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 147 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 57 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 44 - As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear...