Thomas CarlyleChatto & Windus, 1881 - 223 pages |
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... strong , of unknown strength , a spirit , almost a god . Ever from that time the temper of my misery was changed ; not fear or whining Sorrow was it , but Indignation and grim fire - eyed Defiance . Thus had the Everlasting No pealed ...
... strong , of unknown strength , a spirit , almost a god . Ever from that time the temper of my misery was changed ; not fear or whining Sorrow was it , but Indignation and grim fire - eyed Defiance . Thus had the Everlasting No pealed ...
Page 24
... strong man still struggling with cares and doubts - the great mind filled with those " blank misgivings of a creature moving about in worlds unrealised . " The eagle poises long ere it swoops down , like swift lightning , on its prize ...
... strong man still struggling with cares and doubts - the great mind filled with those " blank misgivings of a creature moving about in worlds unrealised . " The eagle poises long ere it swoops down , like swift lightning , on its prize ...
Page 38
... strong hand at work wherever shams and falsities are falling ; and when the night is upon us we will remember thy long watch and look for the morning - star ; and when the dawn comes it will reveal thy face , no more in pain ...
... strong hand at work wherever shams and falsities are falling ; and when the night is upon us we will remember thy long watch and look for the morning - star ; and when the dawn comes it will reveal thy face , no more in pain ...
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amid Athens blue day born boundless brave Burns Carlyle wrote Carlyle's chaos content thee Craigenputtock dark dawning Another blue dear affection Death Devil devouring divine dost Dumfries earth Ecclefechan Ephron the Hitite eternal evermore evil lessons faith field of Ephron Fifty-six years ago fire force forgotten gathered genius GOETHE grave Haddington Cathedral hath been dawning heard heart Heaven heroes heroism hey buried holding the plough human ignorance influence kings knew labours light lived lonely long watch lowly memory moonshine mortal never nobler pangs passed peasant pious Poor moth prophecy pulpit religion Sartor Resartus Schiller Scotch Church seedfield sell thy shams Slip useless smite Socrates sorrow soul SOUTH PLACE spirit stars Sterling's superstition thine things thinker THOMAS CARLYLE thou art thou findest thou wilt toils tomb Tophet tragic pilgrimage truth universe Untruth village road Voltaire Wellington wilt thou let worship