American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 196
... light of day came in at the windows , it refreshed my soul from one morning to another . It seemed to be some image of the light of God's glory . I remember , about that time , I used greatly to long for the conversion of some that I ...
... light of day came in at the windows , it refreshed my soul from one morning to another . It seemed to be some image of the light of God's glory . I remember , about that time , I used greatly to long for the conversion of some that I ...
Page 683
... light A high immunity from Night , Something that leaps life's narrow bars 95 To claim its birthright with the hosts of heaven ; A seed of sunshine that can leaven Our earthly dullness with the beams of stars , And glorify our clay With ...
... light A high immunity from Night , Something that leaps life's narrow bars 95 To claim its birthright with the hosts of heaven ; A seed of sunshine that can leaven Our earthly dullness with the beams of stars , And glorify our clay With ...
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... light before him , as when the felled trunks and branches of a clearing have been set on fire , and throw up their lurid blaze against the sky , at the hour of midnight . He paused , in a lull of the tempest that had driven him onward ...
... light before him , as when the felled trunks and branches of a clearing have been set on fire , and throw up their lurid blaze against the sky , at the hour of midnight . He paused , in a lull of the tempest that had driven him onward ...
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