The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 20; Volume 67William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1899 |
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Page 275 - Nature will either end thee quite; Or, lengthening out thy season of delight,' Preserve for thee, by individual right, A young Lamb's heart among the full-grown flocks. What hast Thou to do with sorrow, Or the injuries of to-morrow ? Thou art a Dew-drop, which the morn brings forth...
Page 386 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 65 - King William is come home, come home, King William home is come ! Therefore let us together sing The hymn that's called Te D'um.
Page 275 - Or to be trailed along the soiling earth; A gem that glitters while it lives, And no forewarning gives; But, at the touch of wrong, without a strife Slips in a moment out of life.
Page 63 - Next in three books spoil'd human nature: Undid creation at a jerk, And of Redemption made damn'd work. Then took his Muse at once, and dipt her Full in the middle of the Scripture. What wonders there the man, grown old, did! Sternhold himself he out-Sternholded.
Page 62 - HOW vast must their advantage be, How great their pleasure prove, Who live like brethren, and consent In offices of love ! 2 True love is like the precious oil, Which, pour'd on Aaron's head.
Page 187 - MEMORY. When the dead in their cold graves are lying Asleep, to wake never again ! When past are their smiles and their sighing, Oh, why should their memories remain ? Though sunshine and spring may have lightened The wild flowers that blow on their graves, Though summer their tombstones have brightened, And autumn have palled them with leaves. And winter have wildly bewailed them With his...
Page 270 - Willy] has placed before you my judgment and feelings: how far you are reconciled to them I am unable to divine. I have only to add that I believe Mr Q. to be a most honorable and upright man, and further, that he is most strongly and faithfully attached to you: this I must solemnly declare in justice to you both; and to this I add my blessing upon you and him — more I cannot do...
Page 269 - I cannot think of parting with you with that complacency, that satisfaction, that hopefulness which I could wish to feel : there is too much of necessity in the case for my wishes. But I must submit, and do submit, and God Almighty bless you, my dear child, and him who is the object of your long, and long-tried preference and choice.
Page 277 - ... was in process. The thing as an intellectual production is safe in its own vileness. Who that ever felt a line of my poetry would trouble himself to crush a miserable maggot crawled out of the dead carcass of the Edinburgh review.