Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Arranged for the Exercises of the School, College and Public Reader, with Elocutionary AdviceRobert McLean Cumnock Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1882 - 426 pagina's |
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Pagina 19
... feet on the hills grew weary , And , one of the autumn eves , I made for my little brother A bed of the yellow leaves . Sweetly his pale arms folded My neck in a meek embrace , As the light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face ...
... feet on the hills grew weary , And , one of the autumn eves , I made for my little brother A bed of the yellow leaves . Sweetly his pale arms folded My neck in a meek embrace , As the light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face ...
Pagina 27
... dewy fingers cold , Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod . By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE . 27 How Sleep the Brave.
... dewy fingers cold , Returns to deck their hallowed mould , She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod . By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE . 27 How Sleep the Brave.
Pagina 35
... she struck the breakers and went ashore , And scarce had broken the morning's light Than she sank in twelve feet of water , or more . " But long ere this they knew their doom , THE LOST STEAMSHIP . 35 The Lost Steamship.
... she struck the breakers and went ashore , And scarce had broken the morning's light Than she sank in twelve feet of water , or more . " But long ere this they knew their doom , THE LOST STEAMSHIP . 35 The Lost Steamship.
Pagina 59
... feet ; then be sure that every unkind look , every ungracious word , every ungentle action will come thronging back upon thy memory , and knock dolefully at thy soul ; then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant in the ...
... feet ; then be sure that every unkind look , every ungracious word , every ungentle action will come thronging back upon thy memory , and knock dolefully at thy soul ; then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant in the ...
Pagina 63
... feet From the cool shining walks where the young people meet . Or at morn , when the magic of daylight awakes A new wonder each minute as slowly it breaks , Hills , cupolas , fountains , called forth every one Out of darkness , as they ...
... feet From the cool shining walks where the young people meet . Or at morn , when the magic of daylight awakes A new wonder each minute as slowly it breaks , Hills , cupolas , fountains , called forth every one Out of darkness , as they ...
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Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Arranged for the ... Robert McLean Cumnock Volledige weergave - 1878 |
Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Arranged for the ... Robert McLean Cumnock Volledige weergave - 1882 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 299 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Pagina 51 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Pagina 232 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Pagina 350 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Pagina 319 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I 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.
Pagina 388 - O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Pagina 361 - I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Pagina 326 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Pagina 232 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...