The shoe and canoe; or, Pictures of travel in the Canadas, Том 2 |
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Стр. 20 - And hung his bow upon thy awful front, And spoke in that loud voice which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake The "sound of many waters," and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back And notch his centuries in the eternal rocks. Deep calleth unto deep. And what are we That hear the...
Стр. 21 - And hung his bow upon thine awful front; And spoke in that loud voice, which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, The sound of many waters ; and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.
Стр. 21 - O, what are all the notes that ever rung From war's vain trumpet by thy thundering side ? Yea, what is all the riot man can make In his short life to thy unceasing roar ? And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to HIM Who drowned a world and heaped the waters far Above its loftiest mountains ? — a light wave That breaks and whispers of its Maker's might.
Стр. 21 - The sound of many waters;" and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His cent'ries in the eternal rocks. Deep calleth unto deep. And what are we, That hear the question of that voice sublime ? Oh! what are all the notes that ever rung From war's vain trumpet, by thy thundering side ! Yea, what is all the riot man can make In his short life, to thy unceasing roar ! And yet, bold babbler, what art thou to Him, Who drown'da world, and heap'd the waters far Above its loftiest mountains...
Стр. 221 - How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps ; regions consecrate To oldest time ! and, reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a Presence or a motion — one Among the many there...
Стр. 127 - I was surprised at the value and extent of this gentleman's library ; a thousand well-bound and well-selected volumes, French and English, evidently much in use, in winter especially ; and not gathered together in these days of cheap literature. Mr. Johnson was an Irishman of good family, and died in 1828.
Стр. 322 - But the barons proud Then spoke aloud, " This is not the boon we desire ; Your heart and love, My pretty dove, Is the free gift we require." Oh, the violet, white and blue " Oh, my heart so true Is not for you, Nor for any of high degree ; I have pledged my truth To an honest youth, With a beard so comely to see.
Стр. 209 - that it. "is an upright slab, from thirty to thirty-five feet high, placed "on some scantily-clad rocks, 120 feet above the lake and H t an "interval from it, which, though looking small, is much greater "than it appears.
Стр. 87 - Dr. Drake ascertained that in» summer, at the surface, and 200 feet below it, the temperature of the water was 56°. " One of the most curious things in the shallow " parts of Huron is to sail or row over the sub...