The Works of Henry Van Dyke, Band 8C. Scribner's Sons, 1920 |
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Seite 243 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Seite 159 - The famous citadel of Quebec stands on top of the steep hill that dominates the junction of the Saint Charles River with the Saint Lawrence. That is Cape Diamond — a natural stronghold. Indians and French, and British, and Americans have fought for that coign of vantage. For a century and a half the Union Jack has floated there, and under its fair protection the Province of Quebec, keeping its quaint old language and peasant customs, has become an important part of the British Empire. The Upper...
Seite 215 - I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country.
Seite 180 - HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, To the grandeur that was Rome.
Seite 249 - In peace will I both lay me down and sleep : For thou, Lord, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Seite 252 - Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His loving-kindness endurethfor ever." So the Boy lay down under his striped woollen cloak of blue and white and drifted toward sleep, glad that he was a son of Israel, but sorry when he thought of the thousands of little lambs and the altar floor splashed with red. He wondered if some day God would not give them another...
Seite 186 - ... esto bonus miles, tutor bonus, arbiter idem integer ; ambiguae si quando citabere testis 80 incertaeque rei, Phalaris licet imperet ut sis falsus et admoto dictet periuria tauro, summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori, et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Seite 119 - God commands you," she cried. "It is for France. Be of good cheer. Do not retreat. The fort will soon be yours ! " How should Pierre know that this was the cry with which the Maid had rallied her broken men at Orleans when the fort of...
Seite 187 - Count it a baseness if your soul prefer Safety above what Honor asks of her: And hold it manly life itself to give, Rather than lose the things for which we live. It is not hah* as good as the Latin. But it gives the meaning. How do you like it, Richard?
Seite 193 - A remembered dream. Antwerp road. A city of refuge. A sanctuary of trees. The king's high way. The traitor in the house. Justice of the elements. Ashes of vengeance. The broken soldier and the maid of France. The hearing ear. Sketches of Quebec. A classic instance. The new era and carry on. The primitive and his sandals. Diana and the lions. The hero and tin soldiers. Salvage point. The Boy of Nazareth dreams.