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... heart long ago , without knowing by whom it was written - but there can be no harm in quoting it , for they that have read it the most frequently will be the most willing to read it a- gain . All thoughts , all passions , all delights ...
... heart long ago , without knowing by whom it was written - but there can be no harm in quoting it , for they that have read it the most frequently will be the most willing to read it a- gain . All thoughts , all passions , all delights ...
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... heart loved in the days of old - the human affections that once flowed purely , peacefully , and beautifully be- tween them - and trusts , for his do- minion over the spirits of his readers , to thoughts which all human beings may ...
... heart loved in the days of old - the human affections that once flowed purely , peacefully , and beautifully be- tween them - and trusts , for his do- minion over the spirits of his readers , to thoughts which all human beings may ...
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... heart ? He heeds not now , when beautifully bright , The humming - bird is circling in his sight ; Nor e'en , above his head , when air is still , Hears the green woodpecker's resounding bill ; But gazing on the rocks and mountains wild ...
... heart ? He heeds not now , when beautifully bright , The humming - bird is circling in his sight ; Nor e'en , above his head , when air is still , Hears the green woodpecker's resounding bill ; But gazing on the rocks and mountains wild ...
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... heart have fled ! Stern Gurcabu , angel of the dead , Who laughest when the brave in pangs expire , Whose dwelling is beneath the central fire Of yonder burning mountain ; who hast pass'd Oer my poor dwelling , and with one fell blast ...
... heart have fled ! Stern Gurcabu , angel of the dead , Who laughest when the brave in pangs expire , Whose dwelling is beneath the central fire Of yonder burning mountain ; who hast pass'd Oer my poor dwelling , and with one fell blast ...
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... heart , and insta- bility of principle , forms the charm which envelopes Zarinel the minstrel . He comes to Anselmo to relieve his conscience by a confession of his cruel- ty to " an Indian maid , " who trust- ed , and was by him ...
... heart , and insta- bility of principle , forms the charm which envelopes Zarinel the minstrel . He comes to Anselmo to relieve his conscience by a confession of his cruel- ty to " an Indian maid , " who trust- ed , and was by him ...
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Page 187 - Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow; The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow! We will not see them; will not go, To-day, nor yet to-morrow, Enough if in our hearts we know There's such a place as Yarrow.
Page 59 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent.
Page 38 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might — Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
Page 181 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 272 - And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias : who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.