Old PeopleHoughton Mifflin, 1910 - Всего страниц: 256 |
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Стр. 177 - standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Although it fall and die that night It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.
Стр. xxi - The effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
Стр. 226 - Such feebleness of limbs thou prov'st That now at every step thou mov'st Upheld by two; yet still thou lov'st, My Mary! “And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary!
Стр. 176 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be. Nor standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Although it fall
Стр. 175 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore.
Стр. 144 - We had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead”?
Стр. 250 - by ancient sages That love of life increased with years, So much that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp and sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears.
Стр. 226 - And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn¿out heart will break at last, My Mary!
Стр. 22 - But yet I know, Where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth,
Стр. 253 - Only a step into the open air Out of a tent already luminous With light that shines through its transparent walls.