The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her Genius by Mrs. Sigourney ...Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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... stream of mercy flows ? That fount unseal'd , whose boundless waves embrace Each distant isle , and visit every race , Pours from the Throne of God its current free , Nor yet denies th ' immortal draught to thee . Oh ! while the doom ...
... stream of mercy flows ? That fount unseal'd , whose boundless waves embrace Each distant isle , and visit every race , Pours from the Throne of God its current free , Nor yet denies th ' immortal draught to thee . Oh ! while the doom ...
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... stream , The halls where first my heart beat high To the proud songs of chivalry . All , all are dear - yet these are ties Affection well may sacrifice ; Loved though they be , where'er thou art , There is the country of my heart ! Yet ...
... stream , The halls where first my heart beat high To the proud songs of chivalry . All , all are dear - yet these are ties Affection well may sacrifice ; Loved though they be , where'er thou art , There is the country of my heart ! Yet ...
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... stream ripple to the shore . Sweet was that sound of waves which parted The fond , the true , the noble - hearted ; And smoothly seem'd the bark to glide , And brightly flow'd the reckless tide , Though , mingling with its current ...
... stream ripple to the shore . Sweet was that sound of waves which parted The fond , the true , the noble - hearted ; And smoothly seem'd the bark to glide , And brightly flow'd the reckless tide , Though , mingling with its current ...
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... 'd convulsively in prayer , And lifted eyes and streaming hair , And cheek , all pale as marble mould , Seen by the moonbeam's radiance cold ? Was it some image of despair , Still fix'd that 56 A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL .
... 'd convulsively in prayer , And lifted eyes and streaming hair , And cheek , all pale as marble mould , Seen by the moonbeam's radiance cold ? Was it some image of despair , Still fix'd that 56 A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL .
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... stream of penitence ! And let not pity check the tide By which the heart is purified ; Let not vain comfort turn its course , Or timid love repress its force ! Go ! bind the flood , whose waves expand , 6 * A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL ...
... stream of penitence ! And let not pity check the tide By which the heart is purified ; Let not vain comfort turn its course , Or timid love repress its force ! Go ! bind the flood , whose waves expand , 6 * A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL ...
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Página 304 - There is none In all this cold and hollow world, no fount Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart.
Página 26 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake : but the LORD was not in the earthquake : and after the earthquake a fire ; but the LORD teas not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 139 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Página 26 - And behold the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind ; and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire ; and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 221 - Marmora, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of Propontis. The navigation from the issue of the Bosphorus to the entrance of the Hellespont is about one hundred and twenty miles. Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.
Página 378 - E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust, to its narrow house beneath! Soul, to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
Página 305 - ... fond care for him, Hung o'er his sleep, and, duly as heaven's light, Was there to greet his wakening ! You ne'er smoothed His couch, ne'er sung him to his rosy rest Caught his least whisper, when his voice from yours Had learned soft utterance ; pressed your lip to his, When fever parched it ; hushed his wayward cries, With patient, vigilant, never-wearied love ! No ! these are woman's tasks...
Página 254 - There was tumult in the crowded strait, And a cry of wild dismay, And many a warrior met his fate From a peasant's hand that day ! And the empire's banner then From its place of waving free, Went down before the shepherd-men, The men of the...
Página 223 - The sight of his blood, and the exquisite pain, appalled the courage of the chief, whose arms and counsels were the firmest rampart of the city. As he withdrew from his station in quest of a surgeon, his flight was perceived and stopped by the indefatigable emperor. " Your " wound," exclaimed Palaeologus, is slight ; the " danger is pressing; your presence is necessary;
Página 130 - THERE are bright scenes beneath Italian skies, Where glowing suns their purest light diffuse, Uncultured flowers in wild profusion rise, And nature lavishes her warmest hues ; But trust thou not her smile, her balmy breath, Away ! her charms are but the pomp of Death ! He, in the vine-clad bowers, unseen is dwelling, Where the cool shade its freshness round thee throws...