Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 44W. Blackwood, 1838 |
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... Heaven . 9 . To him the friend of all his days Had been his saintly mother , And ev'n the playmate of his plays- He never wished another . 10 . For he was weak and oft in pain ; From noisy sports he shrank away ; But songs to sing , or ...
... Heaven . 9 . To him the friend of all his days Had been his saintly mother , And ev'n the playmate of his plays- He never wished another . 10 . For he was weak and oft in pain ; From noisy sports he shrank away ; But songs to sing , or ...
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... heaven That saw the Fountain Spirit rise . 15 . " Again the youth his fay besought A mortal's lot with him to share , For converse all of airy thought Contents but souls ensphered in air ; 16 . " And man will ask below the skies That ...
... heaven That saw the Fountain Spirit rise . 15 . " Again the youth his fay besought A mortal's lot with him to share , For converse all of airy thought Contents but souls ensphered in air ; 16 . " And man will ask below the skies That ...
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... Heaven's dear grace , ' Twas still the same pursuing knell . 40 . And when the people stood to sing , Though now the weary bell was o'er , She heard it through her bosom ring , As if ' twould ring for ever more . 41 . She could not rise ...
... Heaven's dear grace , ' Twas still the same pursuing knell . 40 . And when the people stood to sing , Though now the weary bell was o'er , She heard it through her bosom ring , As if ' twould ring for ever more . 41 . She could not rise ...
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... heaven is near me now . 27 . " My boys again I fain would see , And speak once more my frequent tale , That only Reason makes men free , That Right and Truth can never fail . 28 . " That Reverence is the bond for man With all of highest ...
... heaven is near me now . 27 . " My boys again I fain would see , And speak once more my frequent tale , That only Reason makes men free , That Right and Truth can never fail . 28 . " That Reverence is the bond for man With all of highest ...
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... heaven . 44 . " The God who gave in me a friend , Is more than any friend to all ; Upon my grave before him bend , And He will hear thy lonely call . 45 . " One kiss , my Jane - I now must rest . " His eyes grew faint , his eyelids ...
... heaven . 44 . " The God who gave in me a friend , Is more than any friend to all ; Upon my grave before him bend , And He will hear thy lonely call . 45 . " One kiss , my Jane - I now must rest . " His eyes grew faint , his eyelids ...
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Page 494 - ... stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 509 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Page 24 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 511 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight — The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 580 - Of Truth, of Grandeur, Beauty, Love, and Hope, And melancholy Fear subdued by Faith ; Of blessed consolations in distress ; Of moral strength, and intellectual Power ; Of joy in widest commonalty spread...
Page 572 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 305 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 580 - For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones, — I pass them unalarmed.
Page 499 - I do swear, that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm, as established by the laws : and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm...
Page 265 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.