Selections from the Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Arr. Under the Days of the Year, & Accompanied by Memoranda of Anniversaries of Noted Events & of the Birth Or Death of Famous Men & WomenHoughton, Mifflin & Company, 1889 - 50 pages |
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... rings , Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings ; Build thee more stately mansions , O my soul , As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low - vaulted past ! Let each new temple , nobler than the last , Shut thee from ...
... rings , Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings ; Build thee more stately mansions , O my soul , As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low - vaulted past ! Let each new temple , nobler than the last , Shut thee from ...
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... Rings like the cymbals clashing as they meet . 22. Richard Wagner , 1813 . POETRY . Language is a solemn thing , it grows out of life , - out of its agonies and ecstacies , its wants and its weariness . Every language is a temple , in ...
... Rings like the cymbals clashing as they meet . 22. Richard Wagner , 1813 . POETRY . Language is a solemn thing , it grows out of life , - out of its agonies and ecstacies , its wants and its weariness . Every language is a temple , in ...
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... Morn , Blushing into life new - born ! Lend me violets for my hair , And thy russet robe to wear , And thy ring of rosiest hue Set in drops of diamond dew ! FANTASIA . 3. Sydney Smith , 1771 . Not in the world MAY 31 - JUNE 2.
... Morn , Blushing into life new - born ! Lend me violets for my hair , And thy russet robe to wear , And thy ring of rosiest hue Set in drops of diamond dew ! FANTASIA . 3. Sydney Smith , 1771 . Not in the world MAY 31 - JUNE 2.
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... rings ; There thrilled the thrush's soul : And look ! that flash of flamy wings , - The fire - plumed oriole ! AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH . 8. Charles Reade , 1814 . But now the roses are coming into bloom ; the azalea , wild ...
... rings ; There thrilled the thrush's soul : And look ! that flash of flamy wings , - The fire - plumed oriole ! AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH . 8. Charles Reade , 1814 . But now the roses are coming into bloom ; the azalea , wild ...
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... ring The world has known so long ; The wood - thrush of the West shall sing Earth's last sweet even - song ! AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH . 18. Waterloo , 1815 . At last come the strawberries , of which Walton quotes from Dr. Boteler ...
... ring The world has known so long ; The wood - thrush of the West shall sing Earth's last sweet even - song ! AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH . 18. Waterloo , 1815 . At last come the strawberries , of which Walton quotes from Dr. Boteler ...
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Page 46 - I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Page 43 - But little-minded people's thought move in such small circles that five minutes' conversation gives you an arc long enough to determine their whole curve. An arc in the movement of a large intellect does not sensibly differ from a straight line. Even if it have the third vowel as its centre, it does not soon betray it.
Page 76 - The snowdrop, bearing on her patient breast The frozen trophy torn from winter's crest; The violet, gazing on the arch of blue Till her own iris wears its deepened hue; The spendthrift crocus, bursting through the mould Naked and shivering with his cup of gold.