Ion Lester, by C.H.H.1856 |
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... hour all things were changed to him ; an awed calmness fell upon his eager restlessness ; a spell was on his quick high spirit ; -the influence of the dead brother's love , ever potent for good , was sealed in power for ever . ; And ...
... hour all things were changed to him ; an awed calmness fell upon his eager restlessness ; a spell was on his quick high spirit ; -the influence of the dead brother's love , ever potent for good , was sealed in power for ever . ; And ...
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... hour to hour of the greatness of his loss ; ever as the days rolled on , leaving that deep sorrow fresh as though the severing stroke had but yesterday descended . Yet it was with an almost painless re- gret no murmuring brought its ...
... hour to hour of the greatness of his loss ; ever as the days rolled on , leaving that deep sorrow fresh as though the severing stroke had but yesterday descended . Yet it was with an almost painless re- gret no murmuring brought its ...
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... hours . Now you must be sure to come over and see little Willie and me very soon , and bring the dear boys ; and you must not let Miss Montague's bright eyes make you forget any other attractions you may have had . " 66 My dear Mrs ...
... hours . Now you must be sure to come over and see little Willie and me very soon , and bring the dear boys ; and you must not let Miss Montague's bright eyes make you forget any other attractions you may have had . " 66 My dear Mrs ...
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... hour of trial , Ion had been tempted to murmur that the night of death had suddenly descended in the morning prime , when that younger brother was taken away , whom he had loved as his own soul ; whose very childhood had seemed ever to ...
... hour of trial , Ion had been tempted to murmur that the night of death had suddenly descended in the morning prime , when that younger brother was taken away , whom he had loved as his own soul ; whose very childhood had seemed ever to ...
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... hours are over , " he said , with a smile as they glanced around on the empty benches , and the various educational arrangements which distinguished the lofty room in which they stood . " The school is my especial department , in fact ...
... hours are over , " he said , with a smile as they glanced around on the empty benches , and the various educational arrangements which distinguished the lofty room in which they stood . " The school is my especial department , in fact ...
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Popular passages
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...