The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady who Died at the Age of Twenty-three, in the Valley of the Green RiverE. French, 1838 - 243 páginas |
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... seemed to be stamped deeply up- on the hearts of all who knew her , and her memory was embalmed in their tenderest affections . She was spoken of with enthusiasm and tears ; and I often heard the desire expressed that a sketch of her ...
... seemed to be stamped deeply up- on the hearts of all who knew her , and her memory was embalmed in their tenderest affections . She was spoken of with enthusiasm and tears ; and I often heard the desire expressed that a sketch of her ...
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... seemed destined by an over - ruling Providence to depart soon from the scene of her suffering . But He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb , sustained her steps , and the tenderness of a sister's affection watched the cradle of her ...
... seemed destined by an over - ruling Providence to depart soon from the scene of her suffering . But He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb , sustained her steps , and the tenderness of a sister's affection watched the cradle of her ...
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... the vestibule of eternity , for from early childhood she seemed to have been overshadowed with a con- sciousness of her speedy departure , and a deep but cheerful impression of the nearness and vast- ness of 18 THE MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWER .
... the vestibule of eternity , for from early childhood she seemed to have been overshadowed with a con- sciousness of her speedy departure , and a deep but cheerful impression of the nearness and vast- ness of 18 THE MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWER .
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... seemed like the placid beauty of Nia- gara's waters " ere they dash below , " - her pro- bation like a flower suspended on that verge ; baptized with the dew of death , and yet lingering awhile , and encircled with the mystic bow of the ...
... seemed like the placid beauty of Nia- gara's waters " ere they dash below , " - her pro- bation like a flower suspended on that verge ; baptized with the dew of death , and yet lingering awhile , and encircled with the mystic bow of the ...
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... seemed to be the object of God's special protection during this period of privation , and when she could not bow around a family altar , she established one of her own , whose sacrifice was well pleasing in the sight of heaven . She had ...
... seemed to be the object of God's special protection during this period of privation , and when she could not bow around a family altar , she established one of her own , whose sacrifice was well pleasing in the sight of heaven . She had ...
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The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady Who Died ... Charles Lester Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady Who Died ... C. Edwards 1815-1890 Lester Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 46 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 45 - Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet, like some sweet beguiling melody, So sweet, we know not we are listening to it...
Página 3 - WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal an hour from study and care, And hie me away to the woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waters of green, As if the bright fringe of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the wave they drink ; And they, whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue.
Página 239 - COME, ye disconsolate ! where'er ye languish, Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel: Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish ; Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure ! Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.
Página 7 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 67 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Página 49 - Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shall perceive that thou wast blind before : Thine eye shall be instructed ; and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish with divine delight, Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.
Página 97 - Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light 1 let him trust in the Name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Página 86 - God revealed his gracious name, * • And changed my mournful state, My rapture seemed a pleasing dream, The grace appeared so great. 2 The world beheld the glorious change, And did thy hand confess; My tongue broke out in unknown strains, And sung surprising grace. 3 " Great is the work !" my neighbors cried, And owned the power divine ;
Página 186 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...