The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volumen 2 |
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... flowers and sheaves of wheat . This was immediately pronounced by the sheik to be the stolen tent , and as the crowd drew nearer , we could discern that it was held over the head of a gaily - dressed pedestrian , by some ten or a dozen ...
... flowers and sheaves of wheat . This was immediately pronounced by the sheik to be the stolen tent , and as the crowd drew nearer , we could discern that it was held over the head of a gaily - dressed pedestrian , by some ten or a dozen ...
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... flowers of paradise ; But wild flowers in the pilgrim's way That cheer , yet not protract his stay ; Which he dare not too fondly clasp , Lest they should perish in his grasp ; And yet may view , and wisely love , As proofs and types of ...
... flowers of paradise ; But wild flowers in the pilgrim's way That cheer , yet not protract his stay ; Which he dare not too fondly clasp , Lest they should perish in his grasp ; And yet may view , and wisely love , As proofs and types of ...
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... flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears . " Such thoughts as these obtruded on my mind , as , having landed from the vessel just as day was departing , a time that predisposes to depression , I walked ...
... flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears . " Such thoughts as these obtruded on my mind , as , having landed from the vessel just as day was departing , a time that predisposes to depression , I walked ...
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... flowering was over ; for , as I passed up the river , many trees on the banks were richly ornamented with blossoms , especially as I approached the hill country . Large and gorgeously - coloured insects hovered over the flowers , or ...
... flowering was over ; for , as I passed up the river , many trees on the banks were richly ornamented with blossoms , especially as I approached the hill country . Large and gorgeously - coloured insects hovered over the flowers , or ...
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... Flowers and fruit were both numerous ; the latter unripe indeed , yet sufficiently attractive , from their plump contour and purple hue , to tempt me to essay the taste of one . In a moment I regretted my rashness , for my tongue and ...
... Flowers and fruit were both numerous ; the latter unripe indeed , yet sufficiently attractive , from their plump contour and purple hue , to tempt me to essay the taste of one . In a moment I regretted my rashness , for my tongue and ...
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Página 450 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Página 322 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Página 451 - Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here — thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Página 152 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! — No tears Dim the sweet look that nature wears.
Página 404 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Página 202 - ... bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us, — rest, thou art weary and worn...
Página 202 - I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Página 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Página 408 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Página 135 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.