Introduction to American Literature: Including Illustrative Selections, with NotesSibley, 1903 - 550 páginas |
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... Salvages much Civillizd by thee Beft fhew thy Spirit and to it Glory Wyn So thou art Brase without but Golde within CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . DURING the early colonial period ,. TH / ADMIRALL OF NEW ENGLAND THE PORTRAICTUER OF CAPTAINE Thefe.
... Salvages much Civillizd by thee Beft fhew thy Spirit and to it Glory Wyn So thou art Brase without but Golde within CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . DURING the early colonial period ,. TH / ADMIRALL OF NEW ENGLAND THE PORTRAICTUER OF CAPTAINE Thefe.
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... thou- sand ; but it was no part of his genius to drive shrewd bargains . But the time had now come for him to open a new vein . In 1826 , at the invitation of Alexander H. Everett , United States Minister at Madrid , he went to the ...
... thou- sand ; but it was no part of his genius to drive shrewd bargains . But the time had now come for him to open a new vein . In 1826 , at the invitation of Alexander H. Everett , United States Minister at Madrid , he went to the ...
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... thou Shalt not , as wont , o'erlook , is all I have To offer at thy grave — this — and the hope To copy thy example , and to leave A name of which the wretched shall not think As of an enemy's , whom they forgive As all forgive the dead ...
... thou Shalt not , as wont , o'erlook , is all I have To offer at thy grave — this — and the hope To copy thy example , and to leave A name of which the wretched shall not think As of an enemy's , whom they forgive As all forgive the dead ...
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... thou pursue Thy solitary way ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast , - The desert and illimitable air , - Lone wandering , but not lost . He who , from zone to zone , -- Guides through the boundless sky ...
... thou pursue Thy solitary way ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast , - The desert and illimitable air , - Lone wandering , but not lost . He who , from zone to zone , -- Guides through the boundless sky ...
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... thou given me ; once in thy fair prime , Fresh from the fields of youth , when first we met , And all the blossoms of that hopeful time Clustered and glowed where'er thy steps were set . And now , in thy ripe autumn , once again Given ...
... thou given me ; once in thy fair prime , Fresh from the fields of youth , when first we met , And all the blossoms of that hopeful time Clustered and glowed where'er thy steps were set . And now , in thy ripe autumn , once again Given ...
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Página 405 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air,— Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Página 155 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart: He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Página 357 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Página 525 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky ; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar ; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with heroes...
Página 157 - In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the forest cast the leaf, And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief: Yet not unmeet it was that one like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, should perish with the flowers.
Página 422 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light 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 419 - Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here for evermore.
Página 421 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Página 443 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Página 529 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!