The Wing-& Wing: Or, Le Feu-follet, a Tale Complete in 1 Vol..G. P. Putnam, 1853 - 486 pages |
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Page 211 - Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have...
Page 9 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar Comes down upon the waters, all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse ; And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 357 - I have no dread, And feel the curse to have no natural fear, Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes, Or lurking love of something on the earth.
Page 161 - tis a thought sublime, that man can force A path upon the waste, can find a way Where all is trackless, and compel the winds — Those freest agents of almighty power — To lend their untamed wings, and bear him on To distant climes.
Page 401 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...