The Two Brothers: And Other PoemsR. Carter and brothers, 1871 - 324 pages |
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... shore , to range . But a gentle eye fell on thee seem'd it but a sister's love ? Pity's tears , that wept thy sorrows , from one tenderer than the dove ? Oh , ye grew for five brief summers there together , side by side , Till she stood ...
... shore , to range . But a gentle eye fell on thee seem'd it but a sister's love ? Pity's tears , that wept thy sorrows , from one tenderer than the dove ? Oh , ye grew for five brief summers there together , side by side , Till she stood ...
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... shores of time and earth ; Seldom broods there peace so tranquil over life's exuberant mirth . But I must not linger , brother , on the brightness of thy track , When dark spectres round mine own with spells are whis- pering me back ...
... shores of time and earth ; Seldom broods there peace so tranquil over life's exuberant mirth . But I must not linger , brother , on the brightness of thy track , When dark spectres round mine own with spells are whis- pering me back ...
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... will break ! Hast thou left me then for ever , here upon this desolate shore ? Thou my only fellow - pilgrim - speak , speak , art thou mine no more ? " And she spoke― her voice was music , music over 44 THE TWO BROTHERS .
... will break ! Hast thou left me then for ever , here upon this desolate shore ? Thou my only fellow - pilgrim - speak , speak , art thou mine no more ? " And she spoke― her voice was music , music over 44 THE TWO BROTHERS .
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... shore Of Time's mysterious sea : – and yet no break , No far blue vista in the storm - tost drifts Of clouds , that gather blackness ever and aye Close round the wild horizon , If a star With trembling light , and that the light of ...
... shore Of Time's mysterious sea : – and yet no break , No far blue vista in the storm - tost drifts Of clouds , that gather blackness ever and aye Close round the wild horizon , If a star With trembling light , and that the light of ...
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... shore of blue phosphoric waves At midnight : but ere long the dews of heaven Shed balm upon my fever'd spirit : all Was peace and the pure atmosphere of truth Around me , like an infant's holy dream , Diffused a light and beauty all its ...
... shore of blue phosphoric waves At midnight : but ere long the dews of heaven Shed balm upon my fever'd spirit : all Was peace and the pure atmosphere of truth Around me , like an infant's holy dream , Diffused a light and beauty all its ...
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Page 274 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 314 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Page 249 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 313 - His ego nee metas rerum nee tempora pono ; imperium sine fine dedi.
Page 259 - And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Page 276 - Oh, let the words -*- Linger on the trembling chords ; Let the " little while " between In their golden light be seen ; Let us think how heaven and home Lie beyond that
Page 247 - Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that lie, Or grasses in the meadows That blossom but to die ; A sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quickly told, An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old.
Page 67 - And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord...
Page 91 - This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, " I am, and there is none beside me:" how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in ! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Page 106 - The LORD is slow to anger. and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked : the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.