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... rest satisfied with the scintillations of wisdom and truth shining in these pages ; but that stimulated by what they find here , they will as oppor- tunity offers , go to the sources indicated by the names of some of our best and most ...
... rest satisfied with the scintillations of wisdom and truth shining in these pages ; but that stimulated by what they find here , they will as oppor- tunity offers , go to the sources indicated by the names of some of our best and most ...
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... Rest 223 Shaving 240 Retirement 224 Ship 240 Retrospection 225 Shipwreck 241 Revenge . Riches 226 Shop 241 226 Sickness . 241 Ridicule . 227 Sigh , A 241 Right 228 Silence 241 Ring - finger 228 Sincerity 242 Rings 229 Sister 242 Rivers ...
... Rest 223 Shaving 240 Retirement 224 Ship 240 Retrospection 225 Shipwreck 241 Revenge . Riches 226 Shop 241 226 Sickness . 241 Ridicule . 227 Sigh , A 241 Right 228 Silence 241 Ring - finger 228 Sincerity 242 Rings 229 Sister 242 Rivers ...
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... rest . — Wilson . Anguish . Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide , anguish of body few . This proves that the health of the mind is of far more importance than the health of the body , although both are deserving of much more ...
... rest . — Wilson . Anguish . Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide , anguish of body few . This proves that the health of the mind is of far more importance than the health of the body , although both are deserving of much more ...
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... rest : - These are the only blest . 2 How blest is he who crowns , in shades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try , And since ' tis hard to combat , learns to fly . For him ...
... rest : - These are the only blest . 2 How blest is he who crowns , in shades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try , And since ' tis hard to combat , learns to fly . For him ...
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... rest ; And dear to care and thought the rural walk ; Theirs be no flower that withers on the stalk , But roses cropped , that shall not bloom in vain ; And Hope's bless'd sun , that sets to rise again . Be chaste their nuptial bed ...
... rest ; And dear to care and thought the rural walk ; Theirs be no flower that withers on the stalk , But roses cropped , that shall not bloom in vain ; And Hope's bless'd sun , that sets to rise again . Be chaste their nuptial bed ...
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Page 85 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 17 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 45 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 204 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Page 75 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us; He knows each chord, — its various tone, Each spring, — its various bias: Then at the balance let's be mute; We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 266 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 117 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar - for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 229 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 17 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Page 204 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...