Studies from LifeHurst and Blackett, 1861 - 336 стор. |
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Сторінка 283 - I look for Ghosts; but none will force Their way to me: — 'tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead; For, surely, then I should have sight Of Him I wait for day and night, With love and longings infinite.
Сторінка 283 - The mountain wolf and wild-cat stole To banquet on the dead ; — Nor how, when strangers found his bones, They dressed the hasty bier, And marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. But long they looked, and feared, and wept, Within his distant home ; And dreamed, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come.
Сторінка 124 - An old man, broken with the storms of fate, Is come to lay his weary bones among you ; Give him a little earth for charity.
Сторінка 274 - ... notions will insensibly wear out, and more ground be gained by degrees than could have been attempted with hope of success at once, till at length all may come to stand on the firm footing of reason and religion. In the meantime, they who are less qualified to carry off right behaviour with honour in the eye of common judges, will, however, be esteemed for it by every serious and prudent person, and perhaps inwardly by many who are mean enough to join outwardly in blaming them.
Сторінка 54 - Come with a whistle, and come with a call, Come with a good will, or come not at all.
Сторінка 290 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Сторінка 56 - But toward the 5th of November, the great epoch in our year, we ceased to dig and began to build. Our architecture was at first very simple, consisting merely of a few bricks, so placed as to keep off the wind from our bonfire. From that we planned seats round it, where we might watch our potatoes roast and light our crackers at ease.
Сторінка 21 - By the great stones we chose our ground For shade ; and there, in converse sweet, Took luncheon. On a little mound Sat the three ladies ; at their feet, I sat ; and smelt .the heathy smell, Pluck'd hare-bells, turn'd the telescope To the country round. My life went well...
Сторінка 56 - If our labour had any aim at all, it was that of digging till we came to water, which not unfrequently happened, and then our hole became a pond. Once, after hearing of the central fire, we started the idea of digging down in search of it, and burrowed several feet deep ; when finding the earth no warmer we gave up our project. We never made any particular use of our holes except to sit in them occasionally, enthroned on brick-ends and pieces of stone from^ the neighbouring quarry; exceedingly proud...