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... blooming bowers of matrimony , and every beautiful blossom of connubial bliss be blighted in the frost - bringing breeze of jealousy You , young folks , of both genders , partake prudently of the plea- sures of kissing , now while every ...
... blooming bowers of matrimony , and every beautiful blossom of connubial bliss be blighted in the frost - bringing breeze of jealousy You , young folks , of both genders , partake prudently of the plea- sures of kissing , now while every ...
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... blooming garden of knowledge . The sun of enlight- enment shines down upon you from an unclouded firmament of peace : around you , on every side , flow streams of learning , en- riching the soil of your intellects , and beautifying the ...
... blooming garden of knowledge . The sun of enlight- enment shines down upon you from an unclouded firmament of peace : around you , on every side , flow streams of learning , en- riching the soil of your intellects , and beautifying the ...
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... blooming flower , when its blossoms are so frequently trampled upon by the foot of vice , and crushed for ever ? Some- times even the breath of suspicion causes it to fade , wither and blossom no more - and I have known it to droop and ...
... blooming flower , when its blossoms are so frequently trampled upon by the foot of vice , and crushed for ever ? Some- times even the breath of suspicion causes it to fade , wither and blossom no more - and I have known it to droop and ...
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... bloom and vintage , These , like man , are fruits of earth ; Stamped in clay , a heavenly mintage , All from dust receive their birth . MY HEARERS - vegetables , as we all know , are composed of no- thing but dust - the paltry dust upon ...
... bloom and vintage , These , like man , are fruits of earth ; Stamped in clay , a heavenly mintage , All from dust receive their birth . MY HEARERS - vegetables , as we all know , are composed of no- thing but dust - the paltry dust upon ...
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... bloom , it is des titute of fragrance ; or , if it have any , it wastes its sweetness , as the poet says , upon the desert air . To be without love is like being without a fire in winter , a lamp at night , and a sun at mid - day The ...
... bloom , it is des titute of fragrance ; or , if it have any , it wastes its sweetness , as the poet says , upon the desert air . To be without love is like being without a fire in winter , a lamp at night , and a sun at mid - day The ...
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Page 150 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Page 49 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright; I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me — who knows how? — To thy chamber window, sweet...
Page 33 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 147 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 320 - I've borne a weary lot; But in my wanderings, far or near, Ye never were forgot. The fount that first burst frae this heart Still travels on its way; And channels deeper, as it rins, The luve o' life's young day. O dear, dear Jeanie Morrison, Since we were sindered young, I've never seen your face, nor heard The music o...
Page 234 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...
Page 234 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 101 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 137 - The bower where he sat with — wife, children, and friends. The dayspring of youth, still unclouded by sorrow, Alone on itself for enjoyment depends; But drear is the twilight of age, if it borrow No warmth from the smile of — wife, children, and friends. Let the breath of renown ever freshen and nourish The laurel which o'er the dead...
Page 300 - Oh, that I were The viewless spirit of a lovely sound, A living voice, a breathing harmony, A bodiless enjoyment — born and dying With the blest tone which made me ! Enter from below a CHAMOIS HUNTER.