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Page 169 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 129 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 260 - For time at last sets all things even — And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Page 236 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name.
Page 107 - Nisus' injured hair! But when to mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill! Just then Clarissa drew with tempting grace A two-edged weapon from her shining case: So ladies in romance assist their knight, Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. He takes the gift with reverence, and extends The little engine on his fingers...
Page 239 - How shall a man love God whom he hath not seen, if he love not his brother whom he hath seen.
Page 15 - TURN, turn, my wheel ! Turn round and round Without a pause, without a sound ; So spins the flying world away ! This clay, well mixed with marl and sand, Follows the motion of my hand, For some must follow and some command, Though all are made of clay ! Thus sang the Potter at his task Beneath the blossoming hawthorn-tree, While o'er "his features, like a mask.
Page 199 - If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the face of the whole world would have been changed.
Page 236 - heaven," even " among the angels of God," " over one sinner that repenteth : " and, when the prodigal, returning to his father, was graciously welcomed, all the family was called on to rejoice ; " for this, my son, was lost and is found, was dead
Page 31 - ... Nature that can give companionship. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I did not observe whether I was or was not now alone in the room, till the name of Wilderspin fell on my ear and recalled me to myself. I started and looked round. At a table near me sat two men whom I had not noticed before. The face of the man who sat on the opposite side of the table confronted me. If I had one tithe of that objective power and that instinct for description which used to amaze me in Winifred as a child,...