The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Volumen18Avil Printing Company, 1903 |
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... death she was married to Sir W. Stir- ling Maxwell , who died in 1878 . Mrs. Sedgwick , in her Letters from Abroad , de- scribed Mrs. Norton as " the perfection of intel- lectual and physical beauty , uniting masculine force with ...
... death she was married to Sir W. Stir- ling Maxwell , who died in 1878 . Mrs. Sedgwick , in her Letters from Abroad , de- scribed Mrs. Norton as " the perfection of intel- lectual and physical beauty , uniting masculine force with ...
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... death . . . . In dealing with the intimate revela- tions of a character so great and so peculiar as that of Dante , a respectful deference is required for the very words in which they are contained . Dante has a right to demand this ...
... death . . . . In dealing with the intimate revela- tions of a character so great and so peculiar as that of Dante , a respectful deference is required for the very words in which they are contained . Dante has a right to demand this ...
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... splendors in her face . " Until one day the hectic flush Was veiled with death's eternal snow ; She swept from earth amid a hush , And I was left alone below ! " While thus I moaned , I heard a peal Of 30 FITZ - JAMES O'BRIEN.
... splendors in her face . " Until one day the hectic flush Was veiled with death's eternal snow ; She swept from earth amid a hush , And I was left alone below ! " While thus I moaned , I heard a peal Of 30 FITZ - JAMES O'BRIEN.
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... death , Or give me grace to bear thy blow ! " ELISHA KENT KANE . ( Died February 15 , 1857. ) Aloft upon an old basaltic crag , Which , scalped by keen winds that defend the Pole , Gazes with dead face on the seas that roll Around the ...
... death , Or give me grace to bear thy blow ! " ELISHA KENT KANE . ( Died February 15 , 1857. ) Aloft upon an old basaltic crag , Which , scalped by keen winds that defend the Pole , Gazes with dead face on the seas that roll Around the ...
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... Death launched a whistling dart ; And ere the thunders of applause were done His bright eyes closed forever on the sun ! Too late , too late the splendid prize he won In the Olympic race of Science and of Art ! Like to some shattered ...
... Death launched a whistling dart ; And ere the thunders of applause were done His bright eyes closed forever on the sun ! Too late , too late the splendid prize he won In the Olympic race of Science and of Art ! Like to some shattered ...
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Página 447 - ... prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted, On this home by horror haunted, — tell me truly, I implore, Is there — is there balm in Gilead? tell me — tell me, I implore !
Página 439 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Página 476 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 472 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 443 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore ; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door: — Darkness there and nothing more.
Página 447 - And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming' And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Página 237 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Página 449 - ... an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium, the bitter lapse into everyday life, the hideous dropping off of the veil.
Página 477 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Página 449 - It was a mystery all insoluble ; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered.