Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests, Volume 5G. P. Putnam & Son., 1855 |
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... once more the pure air of heaven , and as his eyes behold once more the blue vault above him , he stammers words of thanks to his Maker ; and a shout arose from cliff to cliff , that the welkin rang , and the ocean's roar was hushed ...
... once more the pure air of heaven , and as his eyes behold once more the blue vault above him , he stammers words of thanks to his Maker ; and a shout arose from cliff to cliff , that the welkin rang , and the ocean's roar was hushed ...
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... once more to the bosom of their common mother , the great ocean . How quietly , how silently nature works in her great household . Unheard and unseen , these enormous masses of water rise up from the broad seas of the earth , and yet it ...
... once more to the bosom of their common mother , the great ocean . How quietly , how silently nature works in her great household . Unheard and unseen , these enormous masses of water rise up from the broad seas of the earth , and yet it ...
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... once with accuracy and truth , or , when it will have crumbled into dust , let its rise and fall be carefully chronicled , and all is done that inankind stand in need of , or will care for . But Napoleon was a great man . Whether that ...
... once with accuracy and truth , or , when it will have crumbled into dust , let its rise and fall be carefully chronicled , and all is done that inankind stand in need of , or will care for . But Napoleon was a great man . Whether that ...
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... once advanced for dispensing with the graces of rhyme -that the fact stated happens to be true . Of course I was astonished at the en- gagement , and suspected the parties im- mediately concerned must have been still more so . Yet , it ...
... once advanced for dispensing with the graces of rhyme -that the fact stated happens to be true . Of course I was astonished at the en- gagement , and suspected the parties im- mediately concerned must have been still more so . Yet , it ...
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... once more the expression ) neither the germ has been retarded by late spring , nor the bud blasted by untimely frost , nor the flower already faded and fallen , but its sap , by native constitution , contains only that element which ...
... once more the expression ) neither the germ has been retarded by late spring , nor the bud blasted by untimely frost , nor the flower already faded and fallen , but its sap , by native constitution , contains only that element which ...
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Page 345 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 280 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 399 - WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know, The yellow violet's modest bell Peeps from the last year's leaves below. Ere russet fields their green resume, Sweet flower, I love, in forest bare, To meet thee, when thy faint perfume Alone is in the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of Spring First plant thee in the watery mould, And I have seen thee blossoming Beside the snow-bank's edges cold.
Page 559 - Soon as the little ones chip the shell, Six wide mouths are open for food; Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well, Gathering seeds for the hungry brood. Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; This new life is likely to be Hard for a gay young fellow like me. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 298 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 559 - Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can! Chee, chee, chee.
Page 120 - THE splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 559 - MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 284 - Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Page 283 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.