Wyandotte; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale. In Two VolumesStringer & Townsend, 1849 |
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Página 161 - They have not perished — no ! Kind words, remembered voices once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat. All shall come back ; each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again ; Alone shall Evil die, And Sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign. And then shall I behold Him, by whose kind paternal side I sprung, And her, who, still and cold, Fills the next grave — the beautiful and young.
Página 223 - But lest you should not understand me well, ("And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought,) I would detain you here some month or two, Before you venture for me. I could teach you How to choose right, — but then I am forsworn ; — So will I never be : so you may miss me ; — But if you do, you'll make me wish a sin, That I had been forsworn.
Página 196 - And glory long has made the sages smile ; 'Tis something, nothing, words, illusion, wind — Depending more upon the historian's style Than on the name a person leaves behind : Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle : The present century was growing blind To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks, Until his late Life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Página 182 - From Flodden ridge The Scots beheld the English host Leave Barmore-wood, their evening post, And heedful watched them as they crossed The Till by Twisel bridge. High sight it is and haughty, while They dive into the deep defile ; Beneath the caverned cliff they fall, Beneath the castle's airy wall. By rock, by oak, by hawthorn -tree, Troop after troop are disappearing ; Troop after troop their banners rearing Upon the eastern bank you see.
Página 105 - It is not often thus around Our old familiar hearth we're found. Bless, then, the meeting and the spot ; For once be every care forgot; Let gentle Peace assert her power, And kind Affection rule the hour; We're all — all here.
Página 30 - ... never doing anything that required a particle more than the exertion and strength that were absolutely necessary to effect his object. He rowed the skiff in which the captain and his wife had embarked with his own hands ; and previously to starting, he had selected the best sculls from the other boats, had fitted his thwart with the closest attention to his own ease, and had placed a stretcher for his feet, with an intelligence and knowledge of mechanics, that would have done credit to a Whitehall...