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... Thoughts went upward to Him who " stills the raging of the sea , " to parents and kinspeople in the land of our home , some of whom we were destined never again to meet on earth , while from many a heart arose the fervent prayer that ...
... Thoughts went upward to Him who " stills the raging of the sea , " to parents and kinspeople in the land of our home , some of whom we were destined never again to meet on earth , while from many a heart arose the fervent prayer that ...
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... thought of driving half - a - score of miles through an unbroken row of dwellings erected by human hands , and devoted to purposes of abode , business , worship , and pleas- Who laid out these thousand streets ? Who built these ten ...
... thought of driving half - a - score of miles through an unbroken row of dwellings erected by human hands , and devoted to purposes of abode , business , worship , and pleas- Who laid out these thousand streets ? Who built these ten ...
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... thought and conversation . Let us go thither for a short time and while on the way a few words about its origin may not be untimely . In the year 1753 , Sir Harry Sloane , an eminent and wealthy physician , died , leaving in his will as ...
... thought and conversation . Let us go thither for a short time and while on the way a few words about its origin may not be untimely . In the year 1753 , Sir Harry Sloane , an eminent and wealthy physician , died , leaving in his will as ...
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... thought necessary to have a crossing far- ther down the stream than would allow of a bridge with- out serious inconvenience to the shipping , the question arose as to the possibility of a tunnel . In Sir James Brunell was found an ...
... thought necessary to have a crossing far- ther down the stream than would allow of a bridge with- out serious inconvenience to the shipping , the question arose as to the possibility of a tunnel . In Sir James Brunell was found an ...
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... thought that , without diminishing the stock which is imperiously demanded to furnish the more pressing and home- ly wants of our nature , he has disposed of one or more out of a numerous off- spring , under the shelter of a care ...
... thought that , without diminishing the stock which is imperiously demanded to furnish the more pressing and home- ly wants of our nature , he has disposed of one or more out of a numerous off- spring , under the shelter of a care ...
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Page 159 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 158 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 167 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along, — I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting...
Page 167 - Bingen on the Rhine. Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around, To hear my mournful story, in the pleasant vineyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely; and when the day was done, Full many a corse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun. And 'midst the dead and dying...
Page 159 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 56 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — " O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...
Page 167 - Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age. And I was aye a truant bird, that thought his home a cage; For my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart leaped forth to hear him tell of struggles fierce and wild; And when he died, and left us to divide his scanty hoard, I let them take whate'er they would, but kept my father's sword, And with boyish love I hung it where the bright light used to shine, On the...
Page 19 - THE SEA. The Sea ! the Sea ! the open Sea ! The blue, the fresh, the ever free ! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round ; It plays with the clouds ; it mocks the skies ; Or like a cradled creature lies.
Page 27 - THE stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 171 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...