Early Essays

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G. Bell and Sons, 1897 - 423 pages

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Page 243 - He cometh not,' she said ; She said, ' I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead...
Page 250 - To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott. And moving thro' a mirror clear That hangs before her all the year, Shadows of the world appear.
Page 251 - For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, went to Camelot : Or when the moon was overhead, Came two young lovers lately wed ; ' I am half sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott. PART III A BOW-SHOT from her bower-eaves, He rode between the barley-sheaves, The sun came dazzling thro...
Page 253 - And at the closing of the day She loosed the chain, and down she lay ; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Shalott. Lying, robed in snowy white That loosely flew to left and right — The leaves upon her falling light — Thro...
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Page 249 - Camelot ; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro' the wave that runs for ever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot.
Page 134 - Not that any political economist was ever so absurd as to suppose that mankind are really thus constituted, but because this is the mode in which science must necessarily proceed.
Page 133 - It predicts only such of the phenomena of the social state as take place in consequence of the pursuit of wealth. It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive ; except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonizing' principles to the desire of wealth ; namely, aversion to labour, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgencies.
Page 246 - To-night I saw the sun set: he set and left behind The good old year, the dear old time, and all my peace of mind ; And the New-year's coming up, mother, but I shall never see The blossom on the blackthorn, the leaf upon the tree.
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