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Сторінка 25 - We wither from our youth, we gasp away — Sick — sick; unfound the boon — unslaked the thirst, Though to the last, in verge of our decay, Some phantom lures, such as we sought at first — But all too late, — so are we doubly curst, Love, fame, ambition, avarice — 'tis the same — Each idle, and all ill, and none the worst — For all are meteors with a different name, And Death the sable smoke where vanishes the flame.
Сторінка 52 - How shocking must thy summons be, O Death, To him that is at ease in his possessions, Who, counting on long years of pleasure here, Is quite unfurnish'd for that world to come ! In that dread moment how the frantic soul Raves round the walls of her clay tenement, Runs to each avenue, and shrieks for help, But shrieks in vain...
Сторінка 164 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well...
Сторінка 83 - Eden upon earth — The only blessings, since the fall Of our weak souls, that still recall A trace of their high, glorious birth — How kindred are the dreams you bring ! How Love, though unto...
Сторінка 195 - Cunning leads to knavery; it is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery; lying only makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Сторінка 108 - Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth, Unapt to toil and trouble in the world, But that our soft conditions, and our hearts, Should well agree with our external parts. 5762 Shaks. : Tarn, of the S. Act v. Sc. 2. 'Tis a good hearing, when children are toward.
Сторінка 1 - A coroner's inquest was held on the body, who found a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.

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