The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...Penn Publishing Company, 1885 - Readers |
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... tears Only the child in his innocent years ; She remembered him pure as a child might be , The guilt of the present she could not see ; And for mercy her wistful looks made prayer To the stern old judge in his cushioned chair . " Woman ...
... tears Only the child in his innocent years ; She remembered him pure as a child might be , The guilt of the present she could not see ; And for mercy her wistful looks made prayer To the stern old judge in his cushioned chair . " Woman ...
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... tears . The judge for a moment bent his head , And looked at him keenly , and then he said : " We suspend the sentence , -the boy can go ; " And the words were tremulous , forced , and low , " But say ! " and he raised his finger then ...
... tears . The judge for a moment bent his head , And looked at him keenly , and then he said : " We suspend the sentence , -the boy can go ; " And the words were tremulous , forced , and low , " But say ! " and he raised his finger then ...
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... tears ; the wife of his youth , whose whole life lay in his ; the little boys not yet emerged from childhood's day of frolic ; the fair young daughter ; the sturdy sons just springing into closest companion- ship , claiming every day ...
... tears ; the wife of his youth , whose whole life lay in his ; the little boys not yet emerged from childhood's day of frolic ; the fair young daughter ; the sturdy sons just springing into closest companion- ship , claiming every day ...
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... tears and wails and cries , Bursting from melted hearts , pierced to the skies . But lo ! once more the voices all were stilled , And wonder every swelling bosom filled , For from the new - made grave upon the hill Trickled the crystals ...
... tears and wails and cries , Bursting from melted hearts , pierced to the skies . But lo ! once more the voices all were stilled , And wonder every swelling bosom filled , For from the new - made grave upon the hill Trickled the crystals ...
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... tears , -the Green Badges are proud ! Bright honor be theirs who for honor were fearless , Who charged for their flag to the grim cannon's mouth ; And honor to them who were true , though not tearless Who bravely that day kept the cause ...
... tears , -the Green Badges are proud ! Bright honor be theirs who for honor were fearless , Who charged for their flag to the grim cannon's mouth ; And honor to them who were true , though not tearless Who bravely that day kept the cause ...
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Popular passages
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...