The Literature of America: An Anthology of Prose and Verse, Volume 1Arthur Hobson Quinn, Albert Croll Baugh, Will David Howe Scribner, 1938 - American literature |
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... nature's costly lie ! O trusted broken prophecy ! O richest fortune sourly crossed ! Born for the future , to the future lost ! The deep Heart answered , " Weepest thou ? Worthier cause for passion wild If I had not taken the child ...
... nature's costly lie ! O trusted broken prophecy ! O richest fortune sourly crossed ! Born for the future , to the future lost ! The deep Heart answered , " Weepest thou ? Worthier cause for passion wild If I had not taken the child ...
Page 542
... Nature solicits with all her placid , all her monitory pictures ; him the past instructs ; him the fu- ture invites . Is not indeed every man a stu- dent , and do not all things exist for the stu- dent's behoof ? And , finally , is not ...
... Nature solicits with all her placid , all her monitory pictures ; him the past instructs ; him the fu- ture invites . Is not indeed every man a stu- dent , and do not all things exist for the stu- dent's behoof ? And , finally , is not ...
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... Nature is more wonderful , more various , more sublime in man than in any other of her works , and the wisdom that is gained by com- merce with men , as Montaigne and Shake- speare gained it , or with one's own soul among men , as Dante ...
... Nature is more wonderful , more various , more sublime in man than in any other of her works , and the wisdom that is gained by com- merce with men , as Montaigne and Shake- speare gained it , or with one's own soul among men , as Dante ...
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