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... heaven muttered , and earth sighed for her fate . Now , ye who read , mark and learn - the destroyer had no sooner robbed the poor flower of her sweets , and despoiled her of her beauty , than borne aloft , he deserts the Rose and ...
... heaven muttered , and earth sighed for her fate . Now , ye who read , mark and learn - the destroyer had no sooner robbed the poor flower of her sweets , and despoiled her of her beauty , than borne aloft , he deserts the Rose and ...
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... heaven , The mighty herald of th ' Eternal One ? When clouds on clouds , in wild confusion driven By the fierce wind that has the mast'ry won , Rush to the zenith , mount o'er mountain rolled , Writhing as though embraced in some vast ...
... heaven , The mighty herald of th ' Eternal One ? When clouds on clouds , in wild confusion driven By the fierce wind that has the mast'ry won , Rush to the zenith , mount o'er mountain rolled , Writhing as though embraced in some vast ...
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... on the ensu- ing morning it was very currently reported through the village , that no young gentleman kiss'd the bride so often , as Master LC- . STANZAS . ' Tis sweet , when heaven the orient MISS TABITHA TUNK . 59.
... on the ensu- ing morning it was very currently reported through the village , that no young gentleman kiss'd the bride so often , as Master LC- . STANZAS . ' Tis sweet , when heaven the orient MISS TABITHA TUNK . 59.
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STANZAS . ' Tis sweet , when heaven the orient sun receives , To view ' neath shady walks and vine - clad bowers , The dew - drops glistening on the pendent leaves , And folded flowers . " Tis sweet to watch , ' mid nature's mild repose ...
STANZAS . ' Tis sweet , when heaven the orient sun receives , To view ' neath shady walks and vine - clad bowers , The dew - drops glistening on the pendent leaves , And folded flowers . " Tis sweet to watch , ' mid nature's mild repose ...
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... Heaven would be manifested in his favor by a total darkening of the sun at noonday - thus raising himself , on the ignorance of his countrymen , from the rank of a subject to unlimited authority . The eclipse of 1806 is the one ...
... Heaven would be manifested in his favor by a total darkening of the sun at noonday - thus raising himself , on the ignorance of his countrymen , from the rank of a subject to unlimited authority . The eclipse of 1806 is the one ...
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Page 33 - A Dandy is a Clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office, and existence consists in the wearing of Clothes. Every faculty of his soul, spirit, purse, and person is heroically consecrated to this one object, the wearing of Clothes wisely and well : so that as others dress to live, he lives to dress.
Page 120 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 311 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since: their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; — not so thou. Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 264 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 123 - Certainly a man has a right to do what he likes with his own, but then every man who does so must make up his mind to certain little penalties.
Page 282 - The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Page 121 - He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep within ; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began to hear. The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; • The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, I watched that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can.
Page 282 - But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.
Page 121 - They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die ; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. I called my servant, and he came ; How kind it was of him To mind a slender man like me, He of the mighty limb.
Page 253 - Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!