Homeless, or, A poet's inner life [tr. by the author].

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Page 32 - The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme .burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Page 248 - Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.
Page 269 - That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Page 165 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law: All then is full, possessing and...
Page 281 - It is the philosopher in the hay-field ; the hands are the hands of Esau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob.
Page 163 - Kindchen, Sind verwandelt noch viel mehr; Fackelglanz und Gold und Seide Schimmern lustig um uns her. Du, du wurdest zur Prinzessin, Diese Hütte ward zum Schloss, Und da jubeln und da tanzen Ritter, Fraun und Knappentross. Aber ich, ich hab' erworben Dich und alles, Schloss und Leut'; Pauken und Trompeten huld'gen Meiner jungen Herrlichkeit!
Page 46 - ... of his history. In all sorts of senses he has never ceased to go forward; and to much of the world America has come to symbolize that future in which man will be invariably successful both in combat with nature and in his struggle with the problems of human organization. This adds up to saying that in the eyes of the world as well as in his own eyes the typical American stands for success unlimited. But this is the point at which the Southerner ceases to be classifiable as American. He has had...

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