Selections from modern authors, for the use of schools, by mrs. Gething1838 - 80 pages |
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... to illumine it with their breath . This picture , coupled with the surrounding misery , re- minded him of the lines in that magnificent poem of " Darkness : " " " They raked up And shivering scraped with their cold с 3 MODERN AUTHORS . 17.
... to illumine it with their breath . This picture , coupled with the surrounding misery , re- minded him of the lines in that magnificent poem of " Darkness : " " " They raked up And shivering scraped with their cold с 3 MODERN AUTHORS . 17.
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... breath Blew for a little life - and made a flame Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter , and beheld Each other's aspects ! " The man bade them put down their supper , a small lot of potatoes which lay ...
... breath Blew for a little life - and made a flame Which was a mockery ; then they lifted up Their eyes as it grew lighter , and beheld Each other's aspects ! " The man bade them put down their supper , a small lot of potatoes which lay ...
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... the rest . My life's brief remnant all be thine ! And when thy sure decree Bids me this fleeting breath resign , O speed my soul to Thee ! Life ; a Poem . The morning arises , the 34 SELECTIONS FROM Hymn Bishop Heber.
... the rest . My life's brief remnant all be thine ! And when thy sure decree Bids me this fleeting breath resign , O speed my soul to Thee ! Life ; a Poem . The morning arises , the 34 SELECTIONS FROM Hymn Bishop Heber.
Page 107
... breath , Sent forth the pestilence of death ! A ghastly hue spread o'er his cheek , As turn'd his eye on one Who sat beside him , pale and weak , A Maiden , woe - begone ; From whose swoln eyes the scalding tears Fell , and must fall ...
... breath , Sent forth the pestilence of death ! A ghastly hue spread o'er his cheek , As turn'd his eye on one Who sat beside him , pale and weak , A Maiden , woe - begone ; From whose swoln eyes the scalding tears Fell , and must fall ...
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... breath ! Thou the beginning with the end hast bound , And beautifully mingled life and death ! As sparks mount upward from the fiery blaze , So suns are born , so worlds spring forth from Thee ; And as the spangles in the sunny rays ...
... breath ! Thou the beginning with the end hast bound , And beautifully mingled life and death ! As sparks mount upward from the fiery blaze , So suns are born , so worlds spring forth from Thee ; And as the spangles in the sunny rays ...
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Page 336 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 45 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 337 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 337 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied;— Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide— And now I am come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 336 - He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 242 - When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array ! For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight. And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight : They rally, they bleed, for their kingdom and crown ; Woe, woe, to the riders that trample them down ! Proud Cumberland prances, insulting the slain, And their hoof-beaten bosoms are trod to the plain.
Page 98 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 337 - The bride kissed the goblet, the knight took it up ; He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup ; She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
Page 88 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 186 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? are we stronger than he...