Tales and Novels, Band 1

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Seite 233 - Love wont to gae ! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new ; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa...
Seite 59 - But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage And froze the genial current of the soul.
Seite 233 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Seite 235 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruit supplied, And water from the spring. Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego, All earth-born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Seite 157 - I recollect it — I shall never forget it. When Cicero asked how he should arrive at the height of glory, the oracle answered, ' By making his own genius, and not the opinion of the people, the guide of his life.' " " Well," said Mrs. Howard, smiling, " if I were your oracle, and you were to put the same question to me, I think I should make you nearly the same answer ; except that I should change the word genius into good sense ; and, instead of the people, I should say the world, which, in general,...
Seite 273 - If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Seite 339 - When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of beauty. That extreme sensibility which it indicates may be a weakness and incumbrance in our sex, as I have too often felt, but in yours it is peculiarly engaging.
Seite 372 - Besides, as to pleasing — what do we mean ? Pleasing for a moment, for a day, or for life?' " Pleasing for a moment," said Helen, smiling, " is of some consequence ; for if we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves, you know.

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