Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable IdlenessScribner's, 1895 - 291 pages |
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... , And very fair and full of dreams ; Whose heart is like a mountain spring , Whose thoughts like merry rivers sing : To her my little daughter Brooke- - I dedicate this little book . CONTENTS I. PRELUDE II . LITTLE RIVERS · III .
... , And very fair and full of dreams ; Whose heart is like a mountain spring , Whose thoughts like merry rivers sing : To her my little daughter Brooke- - I dedicate this little book . CONTENTS I. PRELUDE II . LITTLE RIVERS · III .
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... for the water - brooks , and would follow the advice of Seneca , who says , " Where a spring rises , or a river flows , there should we build altars and offer sacrifices . " The personality of a river is not to be found 11 LITTLE RIVERS.
... for the water - brooks , and would follow the advice of Seneca , who says , " Where a spring rises , or a river flows , there should we build altars and offer sacrifices . " The personality of a river is not to be found 11 LITTLE RIVERS.
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... spring , " and follow its brimming waters through the bud- ding forests , to that corner which we call the Painter's Camp . See how the banks are all en- amelled with the pale hepatica , the painted tril- lium , and the delicate pink ...
... spring , " and follow its brimming waters through the bud- ding forests , to that corner which we call the Painter's Camp . See how the banks are all en- amelled with the pale hepatica , the painted tril- lium , and the delicate pink ...
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... spring , and the leaves were tiny . On the top of a small sumac , not thirty feet away from me , sat a veery . I could see the pointed spots upon his breast , the swelling of his white throat , and the sparkle of his eyes , as he poured ...
... spring , and the leaves were tiny . On the top of a small sumac , not thirty feet away from me , sat a veery . I could see the pointed spots upon his breast , the swelling of his white throat , and the sparkle of his eyes , as he poured ...
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... spring , which I would not exchange for the whole of his dissertation On the Freedom of the Will . And the very best thing of Charles Darwin's that I know is a bit from a letter to his wife : " At last I fell asleep , " says he , " on ...
... spring , which I would not exchange for the whole of his dissertation On the Freedom of the Will . And the very best thing of Charles Darwin's that I know is a bit from a letter to his wife : " At last I fell asleep , " says he , " on ...
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Page 214 - Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with blue! Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer for my sake! Far-swooping elbow'd earth - rich apple-blossom'd earth! Smile, for your lover comes.
Page 192 - The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Page 15 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 113 - We beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favour, folk of many families and nations gathered together in the peace of this roof, weak men and women subsisting under the covert of Thy patience.
Page 66 - I may have the best : we'll rejoice with my brother Peter and his friend, tell tales, or sing ballads, or make a catch, or find some harmless sport to content us, and pass away a little time without offence to God or man.
Page 112 - There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully, and cheerfully as we can.
Page 264 - THE bed was made, the room was fit, By punctual eve the stars were lit; The air was still, the water ran, No need was there for maid or man, When we put up, my ass and I, At God's green caravanserai.
Page 11 - ... my feet turn not to a tree, but to the bank of a river; for there the musings of solitude find a friendly accompaniment, and human intercourse is purified and sweetened by the flowing, murmuring water. It is by a river that I would choose to make love, and to revive old friendships, and to play with the children, and to confess my faults, and to escape from vain, selfish desires, and to cleanse my mind from all the false and foolish things that mar the joy and peace of living. Like David's hart,...
Page 29 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling...
Page 9 - Under favourable circumstances it will even make a shift to sing, not in a fashion that can be reduced to notes and set down in black and white on a sheet of paper, but in a vague, refreshing manner, and to a wandering air that goes "Over the hills and far away.