Sibert's Wold: A TaleJ. Munroe, 1856 - 258 páginas |
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Página 164 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Página 118 - Through the soft-open'd lips the air Scarcely moves the coverlet. One little wandering arm is thrown At random on the counterpane, And often the fingers close in haste As if their baby-owner chased The butterflies again. This stir they have, and this alone; But else they are so still!
Página 164 - So it has mine, sir. I really hardly know whether I am standing on my head or my heels. Read the letter." " I will, as soon as you give me time and my glasses." Frank handed Mr. Belfast his spectacles, and waited with tolerable patience until he had finished reading ; and then again repeated his request to go to the Park. "Fetch me my letters first. Is there not one for me ?" "Oh ! yes, sir. Two or three outside here.
Página 247 - But then he changed the subject, and would say no more. And Martha ! The moment she knew Constance had arrived, she flew to see her ; and after standing and laughing, without any apparent reason, for some moments, she suddenly announced that she was going to be married ! "Married, Martha?" exclaimed Constance. " Well, ma'am, I thought you'd be astonished, and I'm sure I just was. Whatever such a likely fellow as Jem can see in me, I can't think ; but he says, he's sure I shall make a good wife ;...
Página 197 - OH, deem not they are blest alone Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ; The Power who pities man, has shown A blessing for the eyes that weep. The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years. There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And grief may bide an evening guest, But joy shall come with...
Página 252 - We welcome this volume as a timely and valuable auxiliary in the cause of polite learning — a branch of the education of the present day which does not receive sufficient attention from our authors and teachers of grammar and rhetoric. It is not, however, a book for teachers alone, but one that is happily adapted to general use. It should be read and consulted by all persons who desire to speak the English language with that elegance which adorns the conversation of ladies and gentlemen of genuine...
Página 141 - MUTATION. THEY talk of short-lived pleasure — be it so — ' Pain dies as quickly : stern, hard-featured pain Expires, and lets her weary prisoner go. The fiercest agonies have shortest reign ; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace.
Página 130 - I will forget her ! All dear recollections Pressed in my heart, like flowers within a book, Shall be torn out, and scattered to the winds ! I will forget her ! But perhaps hereafter, When she shall learn how heartless is the world, A voice within her will repeat my name, And she will say,
Página 210 - ... closed, and the place makes a very good tank. Through the chinks the hot light of the campo comes in. I smoke cigarettes, and in the pauses of this composition recline on a faded magenta divan in the corner. Convenient to my hand, in that attitude, are the works of Leopardi and a second-hand dictionary. I am very happy — happier than I have ever been in my life save at Medley — and I don't care for anything but the present hour.
Página 177 - They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad : so may my husband.