Compensation; Or, Always a Future

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J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1860 - Всего страниц: 297
 

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Стр. 131 - The wilderness has a mysterious tongue Which teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild, So solemn, so serene, that man may be But for such faith with nature reconciled; Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal Large codes of fraud and woe; not understood By all, but which the wise and great and good Interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.
Стр. 69 - TO GEORGE SAND A DESIRE THOU large-brained woman and largehearted man, Self-called George Sand ! whose soul, amid the lions Of thy tumultuous senses, moans defiance And answers roar for roar, as spirits can...
Стр. 69 - Above the applauded circus, in appliance Of thine own nobler nature's strength and science,— Drawing two pinions, white as wings of swan, From thy strong shoulders, to amaze the place With holier light ! That thou to woman's claim, And man's, might join beside the angel's grace Of a pure genius sanctified from blame ; Till child and maiden pressed to thine embrace, To kiss upon thy lips a stainless fame.
Стр. 58 - For my bark, to pilot it To some calm and blooming cove, Where for me and those I love May a windless bower be built, Far from passion, pain, and guilt...
Стр. 279 - The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils, gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay.
Стр. 213 - And honored ye who grieve. The praise of those who sleep in earth, The pleasant memory of their worth, The hope to meet when life is past, Shall heal the tortured mind at last. But ye, who for the living lost That agony in secret bear, Who shall with soothing" words accost The strength of your despair...
Стр. 54 - I see you labor all you can To plant your heart, and set your thoughts as near His glorious mansion as your powers can bear; Which, madam, are so soundly...
Стр. 23 - In youth, but oh ! what happiness to live When every hour brings palpable access Of knowledge, when all knowledge is delight, And sorrow is not there ! The seasons came, And every season...
Стр. 58 - Autumn's evening meets me soon, Leading the infantine moon, And that one star which to her Almost seems to minister Half the crimson light she brings From the sunset's radiant springs.
Стр. 76 - At her he loved, and what his lady said. We were alone, thinking of nothing ill. Oft were our eyes suspended as we read, And in our cheeks the colour went and came; Yet one sole passage struck resistance dead.

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