Flowers Plucked by a Traveller on the Journey of LifeGeorge W. Light, 1840 - 72 páginas |
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... mother bears her child , But not a slave for life— To toil in fetters by her side , Or cower beneath the rod : No - he shall stand in manly pride , The image of his God . Oh ! every thought the heart can know Of more than earthly bliss ...
... mother bears her child , But not a slave for life— To toil in fetters by her side , Or cower beneath the rod : No - he shall stand in manly pride , The image of his God . Oh ! every thought the heart can know Of more than earthly bliss ...
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... mother's sigh Sweep like a spirit's wailings hoarsely by , Through leafless forests sere , And o'er the frozen earth and heaving sea , Shall thy fit death - cry and thy requiem be . Peace ! though we may not say , Peace to the stormy ...
... mother's sigh Sweep like a spirit's wailings hoarsely by , Through leafless forests sere , And o'er the frozen earth and heaving sea , Shall thy fit death - cry and thy requiem be . Peace ! though we may not say , Peace to the stormy ...
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... mother . Thou hast seen many die ; And many a mother weeping o'er her child , As the expression of its face grew wild , And fraught with meaning , and its eye Waxed dim and meaningless , and its young bloom Grew fit to moulder in the ...
... mother . Thou hast seen many die ; And many a mother weeping o'er her child , As the expression of its face grew wild , And fraught with meaning , and its eye Waxed dim and meaningless , and its young bloom Grew fit to moulder in the ...
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... mother watch the dawn Of reason on the face of her first born . Pass on , Old Year ! with all Thy good and evil , and thy joy and wo ; Though learning by experience here below , Yet may we not recall A single by - gone act ; then onward ...
... mother watch the dawn Of reason on the face of her first born . Pass on , Old Year ! with all Thy good and evil , and thy joy and wo ; Though learning by experience here below , Yet may we not recall A single by - gone act ; then onward ...
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... than that of youth . But oh ! in a world as dark as this , Have we ever found aught to bless Our life , so sweet as a mother's kiss , Or a sister's watchfulness ? In our grief and our gladness we see you smile 3 * 29 Childhood,
... than that of youth . But oh ! in a world as dark as this , Have we ever found aught to bless Our life , so sweet as a mother's kiss , Or a sister's watchfulness ? In our grief and our gladness we see you smile 3 * 29 Childhood,
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ANGEL VISITS beautiful beneath bitterness bless blest blue blue skies bosom BOSTON-LIBRARY SOCIETY breath bright brooks brother brow by-gone cheek cheer child's a thing CHILDHOOD cold coming darksome Death DIRGE doth dream e'er earth hath earthly fair child's flowers flowers-the FRIEND IN HEAVEN gaze glad grave hale old hath given heart heavenly holy hope hour impulse smother Journeying know'st LADY ARABELLA JOHNSON laughing lessons light lips that fair look memory's merry MONITOR FRIEND mortal mother neath pleasant PLUCKED scorn Seraphic sere shadowy shalt mourn shining shower-like Sing skies and green smiling song sorrow soul strangely o'er sunbeams sweet swift tale tears thine thing of praise thou art thou hast seen thou shalt thought throng Thy spirit tomb trees TRUST IN THYSELF truth hath learned VALEDICTORY VISION Voice of spring warm weep wert West Indies Ye have flown young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 3 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Página 22 - ... and honor, and glory to God, who had come down for their deliverance. In such exercises, the evening was spent, until the hour of twelve approached. The missionary then proposed, that when the clock on the Cathedral should begin to strike, the whole congregation should fall upon their knees, and receive the boon of freedom in silence. Accordingly, as the loud bell tolled its first note, the crowded assembly prostrated themselves on their knees.
Página 22 - The capacious house was filled with the candidates for liberty. All was animation and eagerness. A mighty chorus of voices swelled the song of expectation and joy, and as they united in prayer, the voice of the leader was drowned in the universal acclamation...
Página 22 - All was silence, save the quivering half-stifled breath of the struggling spirit. The slow notes of the clock fell upon the multitude ; peal on peal, peal on peal, rolled over the prostrate throng, in tones of angels' voices, thrilling among the desolate chords and weary heart-strings.
Página 29 - Here, in this mirror, Let man behold the circuit of his fortunes ; The season of the Spring dawns like the Morning, Bedewing Childhood with unrelish'd beauties Of gaudy sights ; the Summer, as the Noon, Shines in delight of Youth, and ripens strength To Autumn's Manhood ; here the Evening grows, And knits up all felicity in folly : Winter at last draws on the Night of Age...
Página 22 - Father's throne. taken fwm tfye liShnll the prey bo taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Página 1 - Flowers Plucked by a Traveller on the Journey of Life. By. Charles T. Congdon. Boston, 1840.