The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 13Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1843 - United States |
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... heart to be a wiser and a better man . With all the pleading tenderness of love , I besought her to share life's weal or woe with me ; and as the light of her placid smile beamed in beauty and hope upon my soul , I felt that earth had ...
... heart to be a wiser and a better man . With all the pleading tenderness of love , I besought her to share life's weal or woe with me ; and as the light of her placid smile beamed in beauty and hope upon my soul , I felt that earth had ...
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... heart that beats for thee alone ! Oh mad , to think thine evil play Could make that guiltless heart thine own ! It may be crushed to nothingness , Thou mayst destroy , but ne'er possess . " I loved her well , and loved her long ; And ...
... heart that beats for thee alone ! Oh mad , to think thine evil play Could make that guiltless heart thine own ! It may be crushed to nothingness , Thou mayst destroy , but ne'er possess . " I loved her well , and loved her long ; And ...
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... heart , a trembling of the muscles , or a suspension of the digestive functions . Even the minutest capillary tube bear- ing the vital current , responds instan- taneously to the influence of mental perturbation . While the emotion of ...
... heart , a trembling of the muscles , or a suspension of the digestive functions . Even the minutest capillary tube bear- ing the vital current , responds instan- taneously to the influence of mental perturbation . While the emotion of ...
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... heart , and lighted it up at once , and breathless , and with winged steps , she flew to the bedside of her sister . She paused , however , at the door of the chamber , while a thought of pain broke in upon her . 66 Poor Mary ! " said ...
... heart , and lighted it up at once , and breathless , and with winged steps , she flew to the bedside of her sister . She paused , however , at the door of the chamber , while a thought of pain broke in upon her . 66 Poor Mary ! " said ...
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... heart no more ! F.O.C.Daly.del . HERA THE NEWS BOY . Engraved for the. do you think I saw standing on deck , well and hearty , only a bit thinner than he was five months ago ? " Mary leaned from the window , but could not speak . 66 Why ...
... heart no more ! F.O.C.Daly.del . HERA THE NEWS BOY . Engraved for the. do you think I saw standing on deck , well and hearty , only a bit thinner than he was five months ago ? " Mary leaned from the window , but could not speak . 66 Why ...
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Page 24 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Page 38 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 277 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 607 - Alastor may be considered as allegorical of one of the most interesting situations of the human mind. It represents a youth of uncorrupted feelings and adventurous genius led forth by an imagination inflamed and purified through familiarity with all that is excellent and majestic, to the contemplation of the universe.
Page 316 - Why this is hell, nor am I out of it : Think'st thou that I who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of Heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being deprived of everlasting bliss ? O Faustus!
Page 276 - Rattle his bones over the stones! He's only a pauper whom nobody owns!
Page 281 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Page 615 - It is at the same time the root and blossom of all other systems of thought; it is that from which all spring, and that which adorns all; and that which, if blighted, denies the fruit and the seed, and withholds from the barren world the nourishment and the succession of the scions of the tree of life.
Page 281 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 615 - Poetry turns all things to loveliness; it exalts the beauty of that which is most beautiful, and it adds beauty to that which is most deformed; it marries exultation and horror, grief and pleasure, eternity and change; it subdues to union under its light yoke all irreconcilable things.