Flowers Plucked by a Traveller on the Journey of LifeGeorge W. Light, 1840 - 72 páginas |
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... pleasure to me , and I would fain hope that others may find some pleasure in them , also . I expect and desire not fame ; yet it is pleasant to me to know , that those who know me best and whom I love best , have expressed a desire to ...
... pleasure to me , and I would fain hope that others may find some pleasure in them , also . I expect and desire not fame ; yet it is pleasant to me to know , that those who know me best and whom I love best , have expressed a desire to ...
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... pleasure - blaze , Yet not one spoke to me kindly , Like the loved of other days . Then I fled from life's thronged river , And sought out a Bower of Ease , Where the dancing sunbeams quiver Through the shadowy roof of trees . There I ...
... pleasure - blaze , Yet not one spoke to me kindly , Like the loved of other days . Then I fled from life's thronged river , And sought out a Bower of Ease , Where the dancing sunbeams quiver Through the shadowy roof of trees . There I ...
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... was in each eye . Many plans were ours of pleasure , And of deeds for winning praise ; None but hearts like ours can measure All our plans for coming days . THE MONITOR FRIEND IN HEAVEN . 49 Those days have 48 The Monitor Friend in Heaven,
... was in each eye . Many plans were ours of pleasure , And of deeds for winning praise ; None but hearts like ours can measure All our plans for coming days . THE MONITOR FRIEND IN HEAVEN . 49 Those days have 48 The Monitor Friend in Heaven,
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... pleasures , Kind words of counsel , chastened mirth , All are lying , buried treasures , Lost to me , beneath the earth . Yet my spirit hath communion With the habitant of heaven- Angel visits , dim re - union , To a longing heart are ...
... pleasures , Kind words of counsel , chastened mirth , All are lying , buried treasures , Lost to me , beneath the earth . Yet my spirit hath communion With the habitant of heaven- Angel visits , dim re - union , To a longing heart are ...
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... pleasure O'er that lost one of thine . But he killeth not what he blighteth- Thy child no grave benighteth ; The grave that young spirit lighteth Like festal hall . A DIRGE FOR A CHILD . 55 Then find a 54 A DIRGE FOR A CHILD .
... pleasure O'er that lost one of thine . But he killeth not what he blighteth- Thy child no grave benighteth ; The grave that young spirit lighteth Like festal hall . A DIRGE FOR A CHILD . 55 Then find a 54 A DIRGE FOR A CHILD .
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Flowers Plucked by a Traveller on the Journey of Life Charles Taber Congdon Visualização integral - 1840 |
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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.