Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 14Munroe and Francis, 1824 |
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... Heart's motto , forget me not 302 The last man , by Campbell 102 The three mighty 118 The Orphan 165 There is no smile to answer thine 165 If't were not for the splendid light 265 The deepest snow will drop away 196 I shed no tear , I ...
... Heart's motto , forget me not 302 The last man , by Campbell 102 The three mighty 118 The Orphan 165 There is no smile to answer thine 165 If't were not for the splendid light 265 The deepest snow will drop away 196 I shed no tear , I ...
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... heart of man , A beautiful memento of the grave ! - Lo ! as I pass , from off the tall scathed ash The raven startled , takes to flight , and wings Its lonely way to the mid wood ; more deep Eve's shadow fall , till the green hills ...
... heart of man , A beautiful memento of the grave ! - Lo ! as I pass , from off the tall scathed ash The raven startled , takes to flight , and wings Its lonely way to the mid wood ; more deep Eve's shadow fall , till the green hills ...
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... heart , and Theiler by a cannon shot which took off his head . Soon after this event Rudolph him- self returned home : but how ? Not , as he had fondly anticipated , in the bril- liant decorations of a distinguished of- ficer ; but as a ...
... heart , and Theiler by a cannon shot which took off his head . Soon after this event Rudolph him- self returned home : but how ? Not , as he had fondly anticipated , in the bril- liant decorations of a distinguished of- ficer ; but as a ...
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... heart , Rudolph ob- jected that so charming and lovely a creature could not miss of a happy fate , even if he should be forced to quit her . But she protested vehe- mently that he or nobody should enjoy her love . The clergyman , who ...
... heart , Rudolph ob- jected that so charming and lovely a creature could not miss of a happy fate , even if he should be forced to quit her . But she protested vehe- mently that he or nobody should enjoy her love . The clergyman , who ...
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... heart : she utter- ed a single sob - was convulsed for a moment and expired . " Cursed ac- cident ! " he exclaimed , when it clear- ly appeared , on examination , that the dice which she had in her purse were not those which he ...
... heart : she utter- ed a single sob - was convulsed for a moment and expired . " Cursed ac- cident ! " he exclaimed , when it clear- ly appeared , on examination , that the dice which she had in her purse were not those which he ...
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Page 100 - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 102 - ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I saw the last of human mould That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime...
Page 103 - ... curtain fall Upon the stage of men. Nor with thy rising beams recall Life's tragedy again: Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh, upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.
Page 102 - The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan. The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight, — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands ; In plague and famine some ! Earth's cities had no sound nor tread And ships were drifting with the dead To shores where all was dumb...
Page 209 - one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Page 166 - Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances.
Page 103 - What though beneath thee man put forth His pomp, his pride, his skill ; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth, The vassals of his will ; — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day...
Page 166 - He may require to be repressed sometimes — aliquando sufflaminandus erat — but there is no raising her. You send her soup at dinner, and she begs to be helped — after the gentlemen. Mr. requests the honour of taking wine with her; she hesitates between Port and Madeira, and chooses the former — because he does. She calls the servant Sir; and insists on not troubling him to hold her plate.
Page 43 - Sublime tobacco ! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides...
Page 62 - If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it receives little of it; but with a funnel, and by degrees, you shall fill many of them, and spill little of your own; to their capacity they will all receive, and be full.