Nessie's HeroJames Clarke and Company, 1870 - 246 pages |
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arrived asked beautiful boyhood breast bright brother brow caused cheeks cottage cousin crimson Daisy Lawn dark darling dear death delight Devil's Rocks door drew Dustiefoot Edie Scott eyes face faith FARNINGHAM father gave gilt edges glance glowing golden Grace Kendal hair hand happy heart heir of Redesdale Holly Mount Italy Ixion Kendal effected knew lass laughing Lennox letter Lewis Herbert Lewis's Libussa light lingered lips lived lodge looked Lotty's mamma mansion marriage Mary Millar Mary's mind Miss Lotty morning mother Nessie's never night once papa passion Prometheus promise Ralph Millar reply returned Reuben and Nessie Reuben Vernon Richard Vernon rose round Rupert Kendal Scotland seat side silent smile spirit steward stood story sunshine tears tell terrace garden thought told tones turned uncle village voice walked watch waves wife words young master
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Page 1 - A pard-like Spirit beautiful and swift — A Love in desolation masked ; — a Power Girt round with weakness ; — it can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour; It is a dying lamp, a falling shower, A breaking billow ; — even whilst we speak Is it not broken? On the withering flower The killing sun smiles brightly : on a cheek The life can burn in blood, even while the heart may break.
Page 148 - Heaven's winged hound, polluting from thy lips His beak in poison not his own, tears up My heart; and shapeless sights come wandering by, The ghastly people of the realm of dream...
Page 147 - Thou comest as the memory of a dream, Which now is sad because it hath been sweet ; Like genius, or like joy which riseth up As from the earth, clothing with golden clouds The desert of our life.
Page 206 - Yet with strong yearning and passionate pain, Long I to-night for your presence again. Come from the silence so long and so deep; — Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!
Page 148 - Black, wintry, dead, unmeasured ; without herb, Insect, or beast, or shape or sound of life.
Page 69 - And though that he was worthy he was wise, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vilanie ne sayde In alle his lif, unto no manere wight. He was a veray parfit gentil knight.
Page 41 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll...
Page 146 - From all the blasts of heaven thou hast descended : Yes, like a spirit, like a thought, which makes Unwonted tears throng to the horny eyes, And beatings haunt the desolated heart, Which should have learnt repose: thou hast descended Cradled in tempests; thou dost wake, O Spring!
Page 81 - Thou shalt have fame ! Oh, mockery ! give the reed From storms a shelter, — give the drooping vine Something round which its tendrils may entwine, — Give the parch'd flower a rain-drop, and the meed Of love's kind words to woman ! Worthless fame ! That in his bosom wins not for my name Th...
Page 148 - The crawling glaciers pierce me with the spears Of their moon-freezing crystals, the bright chains Eat with their burning cold into my bones.