The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 251845 |
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... spirit of our responsible calling as a public writer , we will never cease to cry aloud , ' Let us save our country - let us save our country ! ' To those who even now assert that the present military and personal government is ...
... spirit of our responsible calling as a public writer , we will never cease to cry aloud , ' Let us save our country - let us save our country ! ' To those who even now assert that the present military and personal government is ...
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... spirit despatched the other in so brief a period . The deep - sounding gong at length sent forth its funeral sounds , and called these artists to their vocation . This however was only a lure to induce the people to lose no time , but ...
... spirit despatched the other in so brief a period . The deep - sounding gong at length sent forth its funeral sounds , and called these artists to their vocation . This however was only a lure to induce the people to lose no time , but ...
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... Spirit of GOD were gently whisper- ing some message of love to his soul , or some celestial vision were flash- ing across his unruffled mind , like the sudden gleam of a meteor on the mirror of the placid lake . I almost weep as I trace ...
... Spirit of GOD were gently whisper- ing some message of love to his soul , or some celestial vision were flash- ing across his unruffled mind , like the sudden gleam of a meteor on the mirror of the placid lake . I almost weep as I trace ...
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... spirit seemed to come out and gleam and play upon the surface , like a transparent veil of auroral light ; and this , rather than any lines of her face , gave one his impression of her beauty . She was evidently younger than the brother ...
... spirit seemed to come out and gleam and play upon the surface , like a transparent veil of auroral light ; and this , rather than any lines of her face , gave one his impression of her beauty . She was evidently younger than the brother ...
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... spirit despatched the other in so brief a period . The deep - sounding gong at length sent forth its funeral sounds , and called these artists to their vocation . This however was only a lure to induce the people to lose no time , but ...
... spirit despatched the other in so brief a period . The deep - sounding gong at length sent forth its funeral sounds , and called these artists to their vocation . This however was only a lure to induce the people to lose no time , but ...
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Page 111 - Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time.
Page 111 - Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice. And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
Page 111 - I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 355 - If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats...
Page 53 - But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse: Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
Page 372 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 111 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Page 197 - And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Page 197 - Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuons eye, 'And smiling say —
Page 271 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.