Six Boys

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Estes and Lauriat, 1893 - Betrayal - 235 pages
 

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Page 112 - The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark; The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark. Oft died the words upon our lips, As suddenly, from out the fire Built of the wreck of stranded ships, The flames would leap and then expire.
Page 152 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies, The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again.
Page 151 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 152 - The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and self-possessed. And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know erelong, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 119 - THE mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall; And the baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday. The baron beheld, with a father's pride, His beautiful child, young Lovell's bride; While she, with her bright eyes, seemed to be The star of the goodly company. • "I'm weary of dancing now," she cried: «Here tarry a moment — I'll hide — I'll hide!
Page 112 - ... flashed and failed, We thought of wrecks upon the main, — Of ships dismasted, that were hailed And sent no answer back again. The windows, rattling in their frames, — The ocean, roaring up the beach,— The gusty blast,— the bickering flames, All mingled vaguely in our speech ; Until they made themselves a part Of fancies floating through the brain, The long-lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again.
Page 19 - As he heard them When he sat with those who were, but are not. Happy he whom neither wealth nor fashion, Nor the march of the encroaching city, Drives an exile From the hearth of his ancestral homestead. We may build more splendid habitations, Fill our rooms with paintings and with sculptures, But we cannot Buy with gold the old associations ! CATAWBA WINE.
Page 152 - The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light But the cold light of stars : I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 120 - At length an oak chest, that had long lain hid, Was found in the castle - they raised the lid And a skeleton form lay mouldering there, In the bridal wreath of that lady fair!
Page 120 - I'm lonesome without thee, my own dear bride.' They sought her that night! and they sought her next day! And they sought her in vain when a week pass'd away! In the highest - the lowest - the loneliest spot, Young Lovell sought wildly - but found her not. And years flew by, and their grief at last Was told as a sorrowful tale long past; And when Lovell appeared, the children cried, 'See! the old man weeps for his fairy bride.

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