Ion Lester, by C.H.H.1856 |
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... eyes , -which might well win for Ion Lester more than a passing glance . But the fairness of the Saxon race , was no proof in . him that he was a son of the land on which he stood : -Germany was not the " Fatherland " to him , it was ...
... eyes , -which might well win for Ion Lester more than a passing glance . But the fairness of the Saxon race , was no proof in . him that he was a son of the land on which he stood : -Germany was not the " Fatherland " to him , it was ...
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... eyes sought his companion's face , wistfully longing , and yet half unwilling to break in upon the reverie which he feared might be painful . But the fixed gaze of the elder brother never wan- dered from that faint streak of light in ...
... eyes sought his companion's face , wistfully longing , and yet half unwilling to break in upon the reverie which he feared might be painful . But the fixed gaze of the elder brother never wan- dered from that faint streak of light in ...
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... eyes , and when he spoke it was merely to continue the quotation , " Isle of the evening skies , cloud vision'd land , " ere he turned to greet the new comer . The latter , whose dress was that of an English priest , was a man in the ...
... eyes , and when he spoke it was merely to continue the quotation , " Isle of the evening skies , cloud vision'd land , " ere he turned to greet the new comer . The latter , whose dress was that of an English priest , was a man in the ...
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... eyes all wonder , upon hearing the unex- pected announcement . " Dear little Mouse , I have startled you , " said Ion , affectionately passing his arm round the boy's neck , " but not unpleasantly I think , I know you are longing to get ...
... eyes all wonder , upon hearing the unex- pected announcement . " Dear little Mouse , I have startled you , " said Ion , affectionately passing his arm round the boy's neck , " but not unpleasantly I think , I know you are longing to get ...
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... eyes . " I hear it now , and o'er and o'er , Eternal greetings to the dead ; And Ave , Ave , Ave , ' said , ' Adieu , adieu , for evermore ! " In Memoriam . IN the drawing - room at Lester Court , late one afternoon , three persons ...
... eyes . " I hear it now , and o'er and o'er , Eternal greetings to the dead ; And Ave , Ave , Ave , ' said , ' Adieu , adieu , for evermore ! " In Memoriam . IN the drawing - room at Lester Court , late one afternoon , three persons ...
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Alice answer asked aunt beautiful believe Bernard better brother called calm Carleton child Christian Church Clement coming course Cross dare dear deep devotion don't Dudley duty earnest expression eyes face faith fancy fear feel felt followed Georgie Gilbert give glance hand hear heard heart holy hope hour idea Ion's Jack kind knew ladies leave Lester light living look Loudon manner Margaret mean mind Miss Pellew morning Morton nature never observed offered once opinion pale passed perhaps persons poor prayer priest quiet remarks replied returned round scarcely seemed seen silent sister smile sometimes soul speak Spencer spirit suppose sure talking tell thing thought tone took true truth turned understand usual voice wish young
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Page 151 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 303 - I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
Page 9 - Peace; come away: the song of woe Is after all an earthly song: Peace; come away: we do him wrong To sing so wildly: let us go. Come; let us go: your cheeks are pale; But half my life I leave behind: Methinks my friend is richly shrined; But I shall pass; my work will fail.
Page 27 - To rest beneath the clover sod, That takes the sunshine and the rains, Or where the kneeling hamlet drains The chalice of the grapes of God...
Page 136 - Oh say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain, That the young mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain. Dim or unheard, the words may fall, And yet the heaven-taught mind May learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind.
Page 251 - Ah ! that day of tears and mourning ! From the dust of earth returning, Man for judgment must prepare him ; Spare, O God, in mercy spare him ! Lord, Who didst our souls redeem, Grant a blessed Requiem. Amen.
Page 203 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet...
Page 114 - WHENE'ER goes forth Thy dread command, And my last hour is nigh, Lord, grant me in a Christian land As I was born, to die. I pray not, Lord, that friends may be Or kindred standing by, Choice blessing ! which I leave to Thee, To give me, or deny.
Page 191 - THE world's a room of sickness, where each heart Knows its own anguish and unrest ; The truest wisdom there, and noblest art, Is his who skills of comfort best ; Whom by the softest step and gentlest tone Enfeebled spirits own, And love to raise the languid eye, When, like an angel's wing, they feel him fleeting by...