The Rose of Sharon: A Religious SouvenirA. Tompkins and B. B. Mussey, 1841 |
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... affections . We do not be- lieve piety is made up of technical phrases , nor that every thing which is religious is ... affection no less , perhaps , than in mournful , elegiac melodies ; and it is even more richly blessed by the ...
... affections . We do not be- lieve piety is made up of technical phrases , nor that every thing which is religious is ... affection no less , perhaps , than in mournful , elegiac melodies ; and it is even more richly blessed by the ...
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... Affections The Sacraments ........ LIST OF PLATES . Frontispiece . Searching the Scriptures . Page . The Year .Miss S. C. EDGARTON . 9 Leonore D'Este ..... .MRS . L. J. B. CASE . 13 Pereene . 16 The Bride's Return . MRS . JULIA H. SCOTT ...
... Affections The Sacraments ........ LIST OF PLATES . Frontispiece . Searching the Scriptures . Page . The Year .Miss S. C. EDGARTON . 9 Leonore D'Este ..... .MRS . L. J. B. CASE . 13 Pereene . 16 The Bride's Return . MRS . JULIA H. SCOTT ...
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... affection , could I forget . Think of it , dearest , and you cannot bid me stay ! Distrust not my affection , for - look at me , Pereene - Heaven is not more true than I have been , and will ever be , to you . In a few months I shall ...
... affection , could I forget . Think of it , dearest , and you cannot bid me stay ! Distrust not my affection , for - look at me , Pereene - Heaven is not more true than I have been , and will ever be , to you . In a few months I shall ...
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... affection , compared with those which bound him to the gentle and loving creature at his side . And he felt , too , that , if he would not quit the path which duty marked out for him to pursue , he must shorten the parting and hasten ...
... affection , compared with those which bound him to the gentle and loving creature at his side . And he felt , too , that , if he would not quit the path which duty marked out for him to pursue , he must shorten the parting and hasten ...
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... affectionate parents , with the thought of the bitter pang his disobedience would inflict upon their hearts , arose to his mind , duty triumphed over the ... affection and duty you owe to them . I , who have no parents left to 26 PEREENE .
... affectionate parents , with the thought of the bitter pang his disobedience would inflict upon their hearts , arose to his mind , duty triumphed over the ... affection and duty you owe to them . I , who have no parents left to 26 PEREENE .
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Albrecht Alceste angel art thou beautiful beneath blessed blest bosom bowers breath bright bright land bright leaves brookside brow Caribbean sea cheek child childhood Clarens Claribel cold dark dear death deep dream dwell earth eyes faded faith fear feel FELICIA HEMANS felt flowers forever gaze gentle glorious gone grave hallowed happy hath heart heaven holy hope lady LAKE GEORGE Laurine leave light lips lone look Marion Mary's choice mind mother mountain mournful murmuring neath ness never o'er pale parents passed peace Pereene prayer pure purity rest rich rills rose ROSE OF SHARON scene shadow shine shore sigh silent smile soft solemn song soon sorrow soul speak spirit star stood streams sweet tears tender thee thine thing thou art Thou hast thought toil tones unto Vaud village voice waters waves weary ween weep wild young
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Page 64 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.
Page 61 - Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,— 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 168 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Page 115 - Softened his spirit) looked and lay, Watching the rosy infant's play: — Though still, whene'er his eye by chance Fell on the boy's, its lurid glance Met that unclouded, joyous gaze, As torches, that have burnt all night Through some impure and godless rite, Encounter morning's glorious rays.
Page 115 - mid the roses lay, She saw a wearied man dismount From his hot steed, and on the brink Of a small imaret's rustic fount Impatient fling him down to drink.
Page 116 - O'er many a year of guilt and strife, Flew o'er the dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace !
Page 85 - Let their mind's riches claim a trustful sigh ! Deem them but sad sweet fragments of a strain, First notes of some yet struggling harmony, By the strong rush, the crowding joy and pain Of many inspirations met, and held From its true sphere...
Page 116 - Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein.
Page 115 - Lisping th' eternal name of God From Purity's own cherub mouth, And looking, while his hands and eyes Are lifted to the glowing skies, Like a stray babe of Paradise Just lighted on that flowery plain And seeking for its home again.
Page 67 - Burns immediately guessed what she meant ; and, regarding the young lady with a look of great benignity, said, ' Thank you, my dear, for your kind attention ; but, oh, let him shine ; he will not shine long for me.