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... seemed to gather and to thicken round me ; all was dark to my sorrowful mind - not a hope did I possess of brighter days on earth . I had no friends - no money . I was utterly depen- dant on Mrs. Satterthwaite , the directress of the ...
... seemed to gather and to thicken round me ; all was dark to my sorrowful mind - not a hope did I possess of brighter days on earth . I had no friends - no money . I was utterly depen- dant on Mrs. Satterthwaite , the directress of the ...
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... seemed to me beautiful ; the hedges so green - the trees so luxuriant — the air heavy laden with the smell of the hay which was making in every direction . Then the cattle looked so pictu- resque , sprinkled over the various meadows ...
... seemed to me beautiful ; the hedges so green - the trees so luxuriant — the air heavy laden with the smell of the hay which was making in every direction . Then the cattle looked so pictu- resque , sprinkled over the various meadows ...
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... almost audibly ; my eyes grew dim ; every object seemed to float before them ; I saw nothing more , till soon- too soon , I thought , we drew up before the stately mansion . CHAPTER II . Child of the country ! on the SYBIL LENNARD . 17.
... almost audibly ; my eyes grew dim ; every object seemed to float before them ; I saw nothing more , till soon- too soon , I thought , we drew up before the stately mansion . CHAPTER II . Child of the country ! on the SYBIL LENNARD . 17.
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... seemed , in a moment , to be perfectly friendly with me . She leant familiarly upon my armas we walked on , and chatted at a brisk pace , letting me into the history of all around ; ac- companied by Albert , she dragged me here , there ...
... seemed , in a moment , to be perfectly friendly with me . She leant familiarly upon my armas we walked on , and chatted at a brisk pace , letting me into the history of all around ; ac- companied by Albert , she dragged me here , there ...
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... seemed as though some misfortune had overtaken the family - a complete break up of the happy party . I sighed to think that the noble boy could never be again , what he had been . As yet , in his early home , he had seen naught but ...
... seemed as though some misfortune had overtaken the family - a complete break up of the happy party . I sighed to think that the noble boy could never be again , what he had been . As yet , in his early home , he had seen naught but ...
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Página 83 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Página 69 - ... shame. They name thee before me, A knell to mine ear; A shudder comes o'er me — Why wert thou so dear? They know not I knew thee Who knew thee too well : Long, long shall I rue thee Too deeply to tell. In secret we met: In silence I grieve That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? — With silence and tears.
Página 250 - Was as a mockery of the tomb, Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow's ray...
Página 15 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Página 314 - They have been with me through the dreamy night — The blessed household voices, wont to fill My heart's clear depths with unalloy'd delight ! I hear them still, unchang'd : — though some from earth Are music parted, and the tones of mirth — Wild, silvery tones, that rang through days more bright ! Have died in others, — yet to me they come, Singing of boyhood back — the voices of my home ! II.
Página 1 - They mourn, but smile at length; and, smiling, mourn: The tree will wither long before it fall ; The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn; The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on the hall In massy hoariness; the...
Página 65 - Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them ? There are who in the path of social life Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun, And sting the soul — Ay, till its healthful frame Is chang'd to secret, fest'ring, sore disease, So deadly is the wound.
Página 219 - ... well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Página 81 - Well! thou art happy, and I feel That I should thus be happy too; For still my heart regards thy weal Warmly as it was wont to do. Thy husband's blest— and 'twill impart Some pangs to view his happier lot: But let them pass— Oh! how my heart Would hate him, if he loved thee not! When late I saw thy favourite child I thought my jealous heart would break; But when the unconscious infant smiled, I kiss'd it for its mother's sake.
Página 88 - Fair shoulders, curling lip, and dauntless brow — Fit for the world's strife, not for poet's dreaming; .And proud the lifting of thy stately head, And the firm bearing of thy conscious tread.