Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests, Volume 5G. P. Putnam & Son., 1855 |
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... strange flora , so unlike that of the rest of the world , and its odd and mar- vellous animals , an aged , dying island , which the ocean is slowly burying , inch by inch . And a wondrous world , is the world of the great sea . There ...
... strange flora , so unlike that of the rest of the world , and its odd and mar- vellous animals , an aged , dying island , which the ocean is slowly burying , inch by inch . And a wondrous world , is the world of the great sea . There ...
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... strange land of ocean - prairies ! Off Take these fuci out of their briny element , and they present you with forms as whimsical as luxuriant . They are , in truth , nothing more than shapeless mass- es of jelly , covered with a ...
... strange land of ocean - prairies ! Off Take these fuci out of their briny element , and they present you with forms as whimsical as luxuriant . They are , in truth , nothing more than shapeless mass- es of jelly , covered with a ...
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... strange , ill - shapen forms , which ever keep their dreamless sleep far down in the gloomy deep , stir themselves from time to time ! See , how they drive each other from their rich pastures , how they seem to awaken in storms , rising ...
... strange , ill - shapen forms , which ever keep their dreamless sleep far down in the gloomy deep , stir themselves from time to time ! See , how they drive each other from their rich pastures , how they seem to awaken in storms , rising ...
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... strange animal trees . They build large , powerful castles , and high , lofty steeples , resting upon the very bottom of the ocean , rising stone upon stone , and cemented like no other build- ing on this globe . For they are a strange ...
... strange animal trees . They build large , powerful castles , and high , lofty steeples , resting upon the very bottom of the ocean , rising stone upon stone , and cemented like no other build- ing on this globe . For they are a strange ...
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... strange , ill - shapen , and unheard of molluscs , fish , and shellfish more among them ! Here they are huge balls , there many cornered or starlike , then again like long streaming ribbons . Some are armed with large , prominent teeth ...
... strange , ill - shapen , and unheard of molluscs , fish , and shellfish more among them ! Here they are huge balls , there many cornered or starlike , then again like long streaming ribbons . Some are armed with large , prominent teeth ...
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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.