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... earth and rubbish accu- mulated from above . Almost immediately the whole of the castle area is displayed before us , with the keep standing at its furthest extremity . The wall , in which there appears to have been several round towers ...
... earth and rubbish accu- mulated from above . Almost immediately the whole of the castle area is displayed before us , with the keep standing at its furthest extremity . The wall , in which there appears to have been several round towers ...
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... earth adorn ; ' Tis scenes like this GoD's providence attest ; ' Tis scenes like this that glad the opening morn ; ' Tis scenes like this should kindle in the breast A grateful flame , a joy by time unworn , For that from year to year ...
... earth adorn ; ' Tis scenes like this GoD's providence attest ; ' Tis scenes like this that glad the opening morn ; ' Tis scenes like this should kindle in the breast A grateful flame , a joy by time unworn , For that from year to year ...
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... earth's That tender heart of thine ; That when the thrones of earth shall be As low as graves brought down , A pierced hand may give to thee The crown which angels wept to see . Thou wilt not weep , To wear that heavenly crown . RURAL ...
... earth's That tender heart of thine ; That when the thrones of earth shall be As low as graves brought down , A pierced hand may give to thee The crown which angels wept to see . Thou wilt not weep , To wear that heavenly crown . RURAL ...
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... earth and water may be combined - upon which she has lavished an abundance of all her treasures -the most luxuriant soil , clad here with the rich green herbage or fragrant clover ; there with golden corn , the elegant peas and lucern ...
... earth and water may be combined - upon which she has lavished an abundance of all her treasures -the most luxuriant soil , clad here with the rich green herbage or fragrant clover ; there with golden corn , the elegant peas and lucern ...
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... earth . It contains between 1,600,000 and 1,700,000 of inhabi- tants and indeed , with its dependencies can be said to be little short of 2,000,000 . The population of Paris is about 750,000 , of Edinburgh something short of 200,000 ...
... earth . It contains between 1,600,000 and 1,700,000 of inhabi- tants and indeed , with its dependencies can be said to be little short of 2,000,000 . The population of Paris is about 750,000 , of Edinburgh something short of 200,000 ...
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Page 186 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 79 - O LORD, from whom all good things do come ; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same ; through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 177 - On every side, In a thousand valleys far and wide, Fresh flowers ; while the sun shines warm, And the babe leaps up on his mother's arm...
Page 331 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Page 18 - O MAIDEN ! heir of kings ! A king has left his place ! The majesty of Death has swept All other from his face ! And thou upon thy mother's breast No longer lean adown, But take the glory for the rest, And rule the land that loves thee best...
Page 301 - Ye toppling crags of ice ! Ye avalanches, whom a breath draws down In mountainous o'erwhelming, come and crush me! I hear ye momently above, beneath, Crash with a frequent conflict ; but ye pass, And only fall on things which still would live ; On the young flourishing forest, or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager.
Page 31 - Thus then to man the voice of nature spake — " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy...
Page 296 - In a golden current on, Ere from the garden, man's first abode, The glorious guests were gone. So might the days have been brightly told — Those days of song and dreams, — When shepherds gathered their flocks of old By the blue Arcadian streams. So in those isles of delight, that rest Far off in a breezeless main, Which many a bark, with a weary quest Has sought, but still in vain.
Page 333 - Wind, gentle evergreen, to form a shade Around the tomb where Sophocles is laid ; Sweet ivy wind thy boughs, and intertwine With blushing roses and the clustering vine : Thus will thy lasting leaves with beauties hung, Prove grateful emblems of the lays he sung ; Whose soul, exalted like a god of wit, Among the Muses and the Graces writ.
Page 302 - Away with me — The clouds grow thicker — there — now lean on me — Place your foot here — here, take this staff, and cling A moment to that shrub — now give me your hand...