Instinct, or reason? Tales of animal biography |
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Стр. 64 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Стр. 145 - Speak gently ! it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently ! let not harsh words mar The good we might do here. Speak gently to the little child, Its love be sure to gain : Teach it in accents soft and mild, It may not long remain.
Стр. 112 - Here eglantine embalm'd the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there ; The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower ; Foxglove and nightshade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Group'd their dark hues with every stain, The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that quaked at every breath, Gray birch and aspen wept beneath...
Стр. 145 - Speak gently to the young ; for they Will have enough to bear, Pass through this life as best they may,. 'Tis full of anxious care.
Стр. 112 - Boon nature scatter'd, free and wild, Each plant or flower, the mountain's child. Here eglantine embalm'd the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there ; The primrose pale and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower...
Стр. 129 - What is the creature's life to us?" said he: "'twill buy us food. "Ay, though the children weep all day, and with down-drooping head Each does his small task mournfully, the hungry must be fed ; And that which has a price to bring must go to buy us bread." It went. Oh! parting has a pang the hardest heart to wring, But the tender soul of a little child with fervent love doth cling, With love that hath no feignings false, unto each gentle thing. Therefore most sorrowful it was those children small...
Стр. 127 - Oh ! poverty is a weary thing, 'tis full of grief and pain ; It keepeth down the soul of man, as with an iron chain ; It maketh even the little child with heavy sighs complain.
Стр. 9 - Shall hear of this thy deed ; My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed ; ' But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me ail.
Стр. 9 - And plunging left the shore. I saw him with that lily cropp'd Impatient swim to meet My quick approach, and soon he dropp'd The treasure at my feet. Charm'd with the sight, the world, I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed: My dog shall mortify the pride Of man's superior breed: But chief myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me all.
Стр. 63 - Its black, its white, its green and purple, with the rich and gilded combination of thg glosses on its tail, are as fine as any that adorn the most beautiful of the feathered tribe. But it has too many of the qualities of a beau to depreciate these natural perfections: vain, restless, loud, and quarrelsome, it is an unwelcome intruder everywhere; and never misses an opportunity, when...