Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 44W. Blackwood, 1838 |
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... speak to Jane , That , never finding voice before , Had mutely dwelt , but not in vain . 30 . Of change and trial here on earth , Of hopes by which we conquer sins , And of the spirit's better birth Than that which first our life begins ...
... speak to Jane , That , never finding voice before , Had mutely dwelt , but not in vain . 30 . Of change and trial here on earth , Of hopes by which we conquer sins , And of the spirit's better birth Than that which first our life begins ...
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... speak of those so lately gone , And words of sorrow dry their tears ; And even when the tear flows on It each to each the more endears . 40 . For grief like theirs , without remorse , Is yet a gentle hallowed feeling , And darkens not ...
... speak of those so lately gone , And words of sorrow dry their tears ; And even when the tear flows on It each to each the more endears . 40 . For grief like theirs , without remorse , Is yet a gentle hallowed feeling , And darkens not ...
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... speak to thee of certain doom , To thee for whom my deeps have hearkened , And oft have felt unwonted gloom . 18 . " For thee my heart , so calmly blest , Has throbbed with keener hopes and joys ; My waves have sparkled unrepressed ...
... speak to thee of certain doom , To thee for whom my deeps have hearkened , And oft have felt unwonted gloom . 18 . " For thee my heart , so calmly blest , Has throbbed with keener hopes and joys ; My waves have sparkled unrepressed ...
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... speak the more , not speaking loud . 18 . " And you will muse , from day to day , Of all you might have been and done ; Of wisdom widening men's highway , Of goodness warming like the sun . 19 . " And you for want of those will pine Who ...
... speak the more , not speaking loud . 18 . " And you will muse , from day to day , Of all you might have been and done ; Of wisdom widening men's highway , Of goodness warming like the sun . 19 . " And you for want of those will pine Who ...
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... speak , He is alive , and sleeping . • 10 . " ' Tis now the second day that he Has been too weak to rise from bed , And truly , as it seems to me , He never more will lift his head . 11 . " I've loved him ever since a child , And tended ...
... speak , He is alive , and sleeping . • 10 . " ' Tis now the second day that he Has been too weak to rise from bed , And truly , as it seems to me , He never more will lift his head . 11 . " I've loved him ever since a child , And tended ...
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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.