The story of st. Stephen, and other poemsLondon, 1883 - 8 pages |
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... trees spread and soar , Or icebergs strew the main , His friendly warmth and genial smile Illume alike the rugged isle And Rome's illustrious fane . V There rises one to greet our quest In Hist'ry's early time , Who those rare qualities ...
... trees spread and soar , Or icebergs strew the main , His friendly warmth and genial smile Illume alike the rugged isle And Rome's illustrious fane . V There rises one to greet our quest In Hist'ry's early time , Who those rare qualities ...
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... trees ; And like their foliage seems to bloom Intenser as it nears the tomb , Enhanced by woe and age ; Struck by that ill - expelling ray The powers of darkness shrink away , God's sons they strike not with dismay Nor touch their ...
... trees ; And like their foliage seems to bloom Intenser as it nears the tomb , Enhanced by woe and age ; Struck by that ill - expelling ray The powers of darkness shrink away , God's sons they strike not with dismay Nor touch their ...
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... tree or sky Whose murky ripples hide The under surface of its bed ; Fine sand in velvet pillows spread May cushion round a fisher's tread , Or rough rocks bruise with pointed head Or cutting flinty blade ; Let strong Emotion like a ...
... tree or sky Whose murky ripples hide The under surface of its bed ; Fine sand in velvet pillows spread May cushion round a fisher's tread , Or rough rocks bruise with pointed head Or cutting flinty blade ; Let strong Emotion like a ...
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... That thoughtful manner , courtly air Befitting Royalty . The fog - frost with its silvery glaze May fringe the tree , whose strength decays And catch the gazer's sight ; Within no current circulates THE STORY OF ST . STEPHEN . 23.
... That thoughtful manner , courtly air Befitting Royalty . The fog - frost with its silvery glaze May fringe the tree , whose strength decays And catch the gazer's sight ; Within no current circulates THE STORY OF ST . STEPHEN . 23.
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... trees , With fresh green tints endows Their barrenness , until the eyes , Though keen , may fail to recognise The once dismantled boughs . XLII The mind that scans with thoughtful heart Works of the landscape 5 king , Who rules the ...
... trees , With fresh green tints endows Their barrenness , until the eyes , Though keen , may fail to recognise The once dismantled boughs . XLII The mind that scans with thoughtful heart Works of the landscape 5 king , Who rules the ...
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Page 176 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 171 - And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Page 200 - From the sabbath before Palm-Sunday, to the last hour of the Tuesday after Easter, " the Christians were accustomed to stone and beat the Jews,"* and all Jews who desired to exempt themselves from the infliction of this cruelty, commuted for a payment in money.
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Page 184 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet.
Page 199 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Page 183 - Satan, than to carry us off from our own secret thoughts, to make us forget our own hearts, which tell us of a God of justice and holiness, and to fix our attention merely on the God who made the heavens ; who is our God indeed, but not God as manifested to us sinners, but as He shines forth to His Angels, and to His elect hereafter. When a man has so far deceived himself...
Page 198 - And then the accursed tree — with its living human burden hanging upon it in helpless agony, and suffering fresh tortures as every movement irritated the fresh rents in hands and feet — was slowly heaved up by strong arms, and the end of it fixed firmly in a hole dug deep in the ground for that purpose. The feet were but a little raised above the earth. The victim was in full reach of every hand that might choose to strike, in close proximity to every gesture of insult and hatred. He might hang...
Page 173 - And wrought within his shattered brain such quick poetic senses As hills have language for, and stars, harmonious influences. The pulse of dew upon the grass, kept his within its number And silent shadows from the trees refreshed him like a slumber. "Wild timid hares were drawn from woods to share his home caresses, Uplooking to his human eyes with sylvan tendernesses...
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