The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...Penn Publishing Company, 1885 - Readers |
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... soul , and a warm , noble heart ! ' Tis evening - the darkness is dense and profound ; Men linger at home by their bright - blazing fires ; The wind wildly howls with a horrible sound , And shrieks through the vibrating telegraph ...
... soul , and a warm , noble heart ! ' Tis evening - the darkness is dense and profound ; Men linger at home by their bright - blazing fires ; The wind wildly howls with a horrible sound , And shrieks through the vibrating telegraph ...
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... soul takes its flight ? Who is to judge ' twixt the wrong and the right ? Which of us mortals shall dare to say , That our neighbor was wicked who died to - day ? " In our journey through life , the farther we speed The better we learn ...
... soul takes its flight ? Who is to judge ' twixt the wrong and the right ? Which of us mortals shall dare to say , That our neighbor was wicked who died to - day ? " In our journey through life , the farther we speed The better we learn ...
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... soul , A struggle , and a yielding of the ghost By the poor vanquished frame . That is the close , The ending of the strife , -death's final triumph . We do begin to die when the keen ray Of the quick eye grows dim , and its full orb ...
... soul , A struggle , and a yielding of the ghost By the poor vanquished frame . That is the close , The ending of the strife , -death's final triumph . We do begin to die when the keen ray Of the quick eye grows dim , and its full orb ...
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... soul was not shaken . His countrymen were thrilled with instant , profound and universal sympathy . Masterful in his mortal weakness , he became the centre of a nation's love , enshrined in the prayers of a world . But all the love and ...
... soul was not shaken . His countrymen were thrilled with instant , profound and universal sympathy . Masterful in his mortal weakness , he became the centre of a nation's love , enshrined in the prayers of a world . But all the love and ...
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... soul may know . Let us believe that in the silence of the receding world he heard the great waves breaking on a farther shore , and felt al- ready upon his wasted brow the breath of the eternal morning . A SMOOTH DAY . - JOE JOT , JR ...
... soul may know . Let us believe that in the silence of the receding world he heard the great waves breaking on a farther shore , and felt al- ready upon his wasted brow the breath of the eternal morning . A SMOOTH DAY . - JOE JOT , JR ...
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Page 159 - WHEN Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Thronged around her magic cell...
Page 147 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 159 - He threw his blood-stained sword, in thunder, down ; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe...
Page 161 - Tempe's vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing, While, as his flying fingers kiss'd the strings, Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round...
Page 162 - The Minstrel came once more to view The eastern ridge of Benvenue, For ere he parted, he would say Farewell to lovely Loch Achray — Where shall he find, in foreign land, So lone a lake, so sweet a strand...
Page 147 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's. isle ; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 217 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence: live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 147 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! HEBEK.
Page 175 - A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun, A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow : Long had I watched the glory moving on O'er the still radiance of the Lake below. Tranquil its spirit seemed, and floated slow .' Even in its very motion there was rest : While every breath of eve that chanced to blow, Wafted the traveller to the beauteous West.
Page 15 - HUSH ! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed ! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe, thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide ; All without thy care or payment, All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou'rt attended Than the Son of God could be ; When from heaven he descended...