The pupil's manual of choice reading, arranged by T.B. Smith |
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... heard them not . Those ages have no memory - but they left A Record in the desert - columns strown On the waste sands , and statues fallen and cleft , Heaped like a host in battle overthrown ; Vast ruins , where the mountain's ribs of ...
... heard them not . Those ages have no memory - but they left A Record in the desert - columns strown On the waste sands , and statues fallen and cleft , Heaped like a host in battle overthrown ; Vast ruins , where the mountain's ribs of ...
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... Heard the king's dread command , and saw that writing's truth . The lamps around were bright , the prophecy in view ; He read it on that night , -the morrow prov'd it true . " Belshazzar's grave is made , his kingdom pass'd away , He ...
... Heard the king's dread command , and saw that writing's truth . The lamps around were bright , the prophecy in view ; He read it on that night , -the morrow prov'd it true . " Belshazzar's grave is made , his kingdom pass'd away , He ...
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... heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise , With parted lips and straining eyes , Stood gazing where he sank ; * Horatius Cocles , with two other Romans , is said to have kept a whole army from Rome , by defending ...
... heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise , With parted lips and straining eyes , Stood gazing where he sank ; * Horatius Cocles , with two other Romans , is said to have kept a whole army from Rome , by defending ...
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... heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din , And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within ; When the oldest cask is opened , And the largest lamp is lit ; When the chestnuts glow in the ...
... heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din , And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within ; When the oldest cask is opened , And the largest lamp is lit ; When the chestnuts glow in the ...
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... heard it , but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart , and that was far away : He recked not of the life he lost nor prize , But where his rude hut by the Danube lay : There were his young barbarians all at play , There was their ...
... heard it , but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart , and that was far away : He recked not of the life he lost nor prize , But where his rude hut by the Danube lay : There were his young barbarians all at play , There was their ...
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Page 166 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 49 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 155 - THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 156 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 205 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 158 - THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the Pass!
Page 44 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 147 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 57 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 44 - As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear...