The Every Day Book for YouthCarter, Hendee and Company, 1834 - 415 páginas |
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... to retire abruptly , when a reply came upon his ear in tones so soft and undulating , that it seemed more like aerial music than any human voice . The speaker was a young girl , whose dress , 54 THE RECLUSE OF THE LAKE .
... to retire abruptly , when a reply came upon his ear in tones so soft and undulating , that it seemed more like aerial music than any human voice . The speaker was a young girl , whose dress , 54 THE RECLUSE OF THE LAKE .
Página 55
... seemed like sun- shine bursting beneath a summer cloud , and rapidly chasing away its shadow . Her figure , though slender ` and graceful , possessed the full , round outline of per- fect health . Had it been embodied in statuary , one ...
... seemed like sun- shine bursting beneath a summer cloud , and rapidly chasing away its shadow . Her figure , though slender ` and graceful , possessed the full , round outline of per- fect health . Had it been embodied in statuary , one ...
Página 56
... seemed to relieve the boy from much anxiety ; and he evinced his gratitude by the most assiduous attention to their conductor . Vandellyn and his companion were both eager to speak ; but embarrassment kept them silent , and gave their ...
... seemed to relieve the boy from much anxiety ; and he evinced his gratitude by the most assiduous attention to their conductor . Vandellyn and his companion were both eager to speak ; but embarrassment kept them silent , and gave their ...
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... seemed to smile at their own shadows ; the distant mountains threw an almost imperceptible outline on the cloudless sky ; and the rugged peaks which surrounded the lake , looked down upon it in stern and lofty majesty . Thus enclosed ...
... seemed to smile at their own shadows ; the distant mountains threw an almost imperceptible outline on the cloudless sky ; and the rugged peaks which surrounded the lake , looked down upon it in stern and lofty majesty . Thus enclosed ...
Página 66
... seemed to rejoice at the sight of a human being . " I have lived here twenty long years , " said she ; " but never have I seen a storm like this . " Few words were spoken by the gentlemen , as they watched the clouds heavily and ...
... seemed to rejoice at the sight of a human being . " I have lived here twenty long years , " said she ; " but never have I seen a storm like this . " Few words were spoken by the gentlemen , as they watched the clouds heavily and ...
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Página 251 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
Página 247 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Página 21 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 317 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar, Wait the great teacher, Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never Is, but always to be blest ; The soul, uneasy, and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Página 24 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Página 341 - Imbrowned the noontide bowers : thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; — Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others, whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable, Hesperian fables * true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste...
Página 44 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
Página 306 - I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade. The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And...
Página 335 - THERE is a glorious city in the sea. The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing ; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible ; and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream...
Página 338 - The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms, Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms Has made the top of the wave his own; And when the ship from his fury flies.