American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 46Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1855 - Periodicals |
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... soon o'erflow its Protective bounds , and drench the land with mud : For all past precedents that long have stood The very acme of poetic writers , Are under water , at the least a rood , And would be more so but for dull back - biters ...
... soon o'erflow its Protective bounds , and drench the land with mud : For all past precedents that long have stood The very acme of poetic writers , Are under water , at the least a rood , And would be more so but for dull back - biters ...
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... soon became a stand- ing joke with them . And yet old Ginger , going home from the tavern one day , across lots , ' stopped and asked the returned Californian if he knew what time o ' da - da - day ' t was ! ' Well , to tell the truth ...
... soon became a stand- ing joke with them . And yet old Ginger , going home from the tavern one day , across lots , ' stopped and asked the returned Californian if he knew what time o ' da - da - day ' t was ! ' Well , to tell the truth ...
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... soon the crayon , India - inky landscape turns to a warm and glow- ing , living painting , and then the birds in every wood and field , and on the tops of trees , Assemble all in choirs , and with their notes Salute and welcome up the ...
... soon the crayon , India - inky landscape turns to a warm and glow- ing , living painting , and then the birds in every wood and field , and on the tops of trees , Assemble all in choirs , and with their notes Salute and welcome up the ...
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... Soon as the seals from the rich hogshead fall , Violets and roses mix their lovely scent , And hyacinth , in one rich fragrance blent . ' There was the Corinthian , Naxian , Bibline , Scia PISCATOR : Gramercy , my dear Scholiast , such ...
... Soon as the seals from the rich hogshead fall , Violets and roses mix their lovely scent , And hyacinth , in one rich fragrance blent . ' There was the Corinthian , Naxian , Bibline , Scia PISCATOR : Gramercy , my dear Scholiast , such ...
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... soon may leap Triumphant o'er them , and the Gaul Upon ye in his vengeance fall ! And the fierce Turk with bloody blade , Trample thy ranks , all lowly laid ! OUR LITTLE MAN : A SKETCH . BY THE AUTHOR OF ' PEEPS FROM A BELFRY , OR THE ...
... soon may leap Triumphant o'er them , and the Gaul Upon ye in his vengeance fall ! And the fierce Turk with bloody blade , Trample thy ranks , all lowly laid ! OUR LITTLE MAN : A SKETCH . BY THE AUTHOR OF ' PEEPS FROM A BELFRY , OR THE ...
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Page 25 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 626 - Ye who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken...
Page 627 - Hiawatha!" And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, "Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!" But he heeded not, nor heard them, For his thoughts were with the red deer^ On their tracks his eyes were fastened, Leading downward to the river, To the ford across the river, And as one in slumber walked he.
Page 627 - There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow.
Page 625 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 530 - Some might lament that I were cold, As I when this sweet day is gone, Which my lost heart, too soon grown old, Insults with this untimely moan ; They might lament — for I am one Whom men love not — and yet regret, Unlike this day, which, when the sun Shall on its stainless glory set, Will linger, though enjoyed, like joy, in memory yet ODE TO THE WEST WIND.
Page 398 - Ye are furrowed all o'er; Strength of my youth, All your vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youth, Your gay visions are flown.
Page 112 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 263 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Page 20 - We resolve to have nothing more to do with it ; for "there is a point beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue," and we conceive that point to be thirty-two degrees above zero 4 at the very least.