The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her Genius by Mrs. Sigourney ...Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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... e'en youth's brief hours Survive the beauty of their loveliest flowers ; The founts of joy , where pilgrims rest from toil , Are few and distant on the desert soil ; The soul's pure flame the breath of storms must fan , And pain and ...
... e'en youth's brief hours Survive the beauty of their loveliest flowers ; The founts of joy , where pilgrims rest from toil , Are few and distant on the desert soil ; The soul's pure flame the breath of storms must fan , And pain and ...
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... e'en a dream of bliss . But who shall dare the Gate of Life to close , Or say , thus far the stream of mercy flows ? That fount unseal'd , whose boundless waves embrace Each distant isle , and visit every race , Pours from the Throne of ...
... e'en a dream of bliss . But who shall dare the Gate of Life to close , Or say , thus far the stream of mercy flows ? That fount unseal'd , whose boundless waves embrace Each distant isle , and visit every race , Pours from the Throne of ...
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... e'en then arose , Breathed in unpitied anguish , for his foes . And haste ! —ere bursts the lightning from on high , Fly to the City of thy refuge , fly ! ( 2 ) So shall the avenger turn his steps away , And sheathe his falchion ...
... e'en then arose , Breathed in unpitied anguish , for his foes . And haste ! —ere bursts the lightning from on high , Fly to the City of thy refuge , fly ! ( 2 ) So shall the avenger turn his steps away , And sheathe his falchion ...
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... E'en as an angel , with presiding care , To wake and guard thine own high virtues there . For lo ! the hour when storm - presaging skies Call on the watchers of the land to rise , To set the sign of fire on every height , ( 6 ) And o'er ...
... E'en as an angel , with presiding care , To wake and guard thine own high virtues there . For lo ! the hour when storm - presaging skies Call on the watchers of the land to rise , To set the sign of fire on every height , ( 6 ) And o'er ...
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... E'en to thought's whispers , ere they die ; There is an eye , whose beam pervades All depths , all deserts , and all shades ; That ear hath heard our awful vow , That searching eye is on us now ! Let him whose heart is unprofaned ...
... E'en to thought's whispers , ere they die ; There is an eye , whose beam pervades All depths , all deserts , and all shades ; That ear hath heard our awful vow , That searching eye is on us now ! Let him whose heart is unprofaned ...
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Seite 304 - There is none In all this cold and hollow world, no fount Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart.
Seite 26 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake : but the LORD was not in the earthquake : and after the earthquake a fire ; but the LORD teas not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.
Seite 139 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Seite 26 - And behold the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind ; and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire ; and after the fire a still small voice.
Seite 221 - Marmora, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of Propontis. The navigation from the issue of the Bosphorus to the entrance of the Hellespont is about one hundred and twenty miles. Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.
Seite 378 - E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath! Soul, to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
Seite 305 - ... fond care for him, Hung o'er his sleep, and, duly as heaven's light, Was there to greet his wakening ! You ne'er smoothed His couch, ne'er sung him to his rosy rest Caught his least whisper, when his voice from yours Had learned soft utterance ; pressed your lip to his, When fever parched it ; hushed his wayward cries, With patient, vigilant, never-wearied love ! No ! these are woman's tasks...
Seite 254 - There was tumult in the crowded strait, And a cry of wild dismay, And many a warrior met his fate From a peasant's hand that day ! And the empire's banner then From its place of waving free, Went down before the shepherd-men, The men of the...
Seite 223 - The sight of his blood, and the exquisite pain, appalled the courage of the chief, whose arms and counsels were the firmest rampart of the city. As he withdrew from his station in quest of a surgeon, his flight was perceived and stopped by the indefatigable emperor. " Your " wound," exclaimed Palaeologus, is slight ; the " danger is pressing; your presence is necessary;
Seite 130 - THERE are bright scenes beneath Italian skies, Where glowing suns their purest light diffuse, Uncultured flowers in wild profusion rise, And nature lavishes her warmest hues ; But trust thou not her smile, her balmy breath, Away ! her charms are but the pomp of Death ! He, in the vine-clad bowers, unseen is dwelling, Where the cool shade its freshness round thee throws...