Gan-Eden: Or, Pictures of CubaJohn P. Jewett, 1854 - 235 стор. |
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... noble exerts upon hearts snatched from the society of the vexatious , the passionate , and the querulous . It is so strange and so pleasant to trust in the skies as one trusts in one's friends ! Our north- ern Aurora is a mere Armida ...
... noble exerts upon hearts snatched from the society of the vexatious , the passionate , and the querulous . It is so strange and so pleasant to trust in the skies as one trusts in one's friends ! Our north- ern Aurora is a mere Armida ...
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... noble cocoa - nut palms , whose rich plumes of brownish green wave gracefully in the light breeze , while their smooth - look- ing grayish white trunks gleam brightly in the sunshine . From the little shops over the way , in whose ...
... noble cocoa - nut palms , whose rich plumes of brownish green wave gracefully in the light breeze , while their smooth - look- ing grayish white trunks gleam brightly in the sunshine . From the little shops over the way , in whose ...
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... , or by the close English carriage of some exclusive noble , or enter- prising hotel keeper . Gradually the car- riages roll off the ground . Sallow inane young men go swinging their canes through the gates . 38 GAN - EDEN .
... , or by the close English carriage of some exclusive noble , or enter- prising hotel keeper . Gradually the car- riages roll off the ground . Sallow inane young men go swinging their canes through the gates . 38 GAN - EDEN .
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... a sweet temper soured by tight boots , or a noble nature humbled under the tyranny of a shirt - collar . A party at Havana is some- thing more than a congress of polking children , and oyster - eating adults . What- ever 50 GAN - EDEN .
... a sweet temper soured by tight boots , or a noble nature humbled under the tyranny of a shirt - collar . A party at Havana is some- thing more than a congress of polking children , and oyster - eating adults . What- ever 50 GAN - EDEN .
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... noble views of the city and the bay . The Dane in the Improvisatore who exclaims as the dili- gence rolls into Itri , that dirt and the pic- turesque are inseparable , would rejoice over these ancient villages , so solid at once and so ...
... noble views of the city and the bay . The Dane in the Improvisatore who exclaims as the dili- gence rolls into Itri , that dirt and the pic- turesque are inseparable , would rejoice over these ancient villages , so solid at once and so ...
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African aguardiente American Atares baracon beautiful blue bull Cabañas cane Catalans ceyba character charming church cigar coast contradanza coralline rocks Creole cried Cuba Cuban dance dark delight dreams dressed estates eyes fair flowers gardens glittering glowing gorgeous graceful green Guanabacoa Guanajay Havana heart horses huge island ladies land landscape less light living lofty look Lucumis luxury magnificent marble master Matanzas montero morning Morro Castle mulatto mules Naples nature negroes night noble northern old Spaniards palms Paseos passed patriot Placido planters Plaza de Armas pleasant poets railway rich roads sail saloon Santiago de Cuba savage savanna seems shores sight silver skies slavery slaves society soon soul southern Spain Spaniards Spanish sugar sweet thing thou thought tion town trees tropical uncon volante Vuelta Abajo walls warm wonder young
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Сторінка 147 - ... royal palm, become forest aisles of surpassing beauty. The height of the palms is immense, many of them rising more than a hundred and twenty feet in the air. Overtopping thus the other trees, their sweeping noble arches do not exclude the sunlight, which pours through the intervals as through the windows of a cathedral, and illuminates the green solemnity of the majestic colonnades. " The cottage of the cafetal was an elegantly proportioned little tropical mansion, cool, dark, floored with marble,,...
Сторінка 208 - ... with new life and joy ; the beaming sun, His glories softened by translucent clouds, Lends a new lustre to the grove and plain, And wakes them all to joyous spring again. My happy land ! thou favored land of God, Where rest his mildest looks, his kindliest smiles, O, never more from thy beloved soil May cruel fortune tear me ; but be thine The latest light that on these eyes shall shine ! How sweet, dear love, to listen to the rain That patters softly on our humble home ; To hear the wild winds...
Сторінка 214 - Merciful God ! how should I thee deceive ? Let thy eternal wisdom search my soul ! Bowed down to earth by falsehood's base control, Her stainless wings not now the air may cleave. Send forth thine hosts of truth, and set her free ! Stay thou, O Lord ! the oppressor's victory. Forbid it, Lord, by that most free outpouring Of thine own precious blood for every brother Of our lost race, and by thy Holy Mother, So full of grief, so loving, so adoring, Who, clothed in sorrow, followed thee afar, Weeping...
Сторінка 209 - was inspired with the noble enthusiasm of accomplishing a great social mission, and possessed of faith and hope, selected, for the subject of his songs, moral or philosophical ideas.
Сторінка 214 - But thou, grief-smitten, cease thy mortal weeping, And let thy soul her wonted peace regain ; I fall for right, and thoughts of thee are sweeping Across my lyre, to wake its dying strain, — A strain of joy and gladness, free, unfailing, All-glorious and holy, pure, divine, And innocent, unconscious as the wailing I uttered at my birth ; and I resign, Even now, my life ; even now, descending slowly, Faith's mantle folds me to my slumbers holy. Mother, farewell ! God keep thee, and for ever ! On...
Сторінка 217 - Napoleon, to Christ, and to William Tell, are three jewels of our literature ; the conclusion of the last is a noble cry of indignation : — That even the insensate elements Fling back the despot's ashes from their breasts. It is equally surprising to see the facility with which he manages the tenderest themes, and some of his compositions touch the deepest emotions of the soul. My task would be endless, should I attempt to extract all the beauties of these poems ; for if there are very few that...
Сторінка 208 - The crushing yoke, the wasting fetters wear, — If to the people this be Heaven's decree, To clasp their shame, nor struggle to be free, From truth so base my heart indignant turns, With freedom's frenzy all my spirit burns, — That rage which ruled the Roman's soul of fire, And filled thy heart, Columbia's patriot sire ! Cuba ! thou still shalt rise, as pure, as bright, As thy free air, — as full of living light ; Free as the waves that foam around thy strands, Kissing thy shores, and curling...
Сторінка 205 - ... Heredia stands first among the poets of his country in point of place, and among the first in point of time, — the mournful Zequeira and the gay Desval alone preceding him. The son of a patriot, whose patriotism drove him into exile, Heredia, born in Santiago de Cuba, on the last day of the year 1803, was carried in his childhood to Mexico. There, at the age of sixteen, he lost his father, and with his mother and the rest of his family returned to Havana. Admitted as an advocate in the Supreme...
Сторінка 215 - Farewell, world, ever pitiless to me ! Fire — here ! " raising his hand to his temples. The last tones of his voice were lost in the report of the muskets, this time more mercifully aimed. The works of Placido were suppressed by a viceregal edict, and his name was covered with official infamy; but by the inhabitants of Cuba the memory of this true son of the people will always be gratefully...