Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 10T.W. White, 1844 |
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... Light as Air - by A. B. Meek 377 Kilbourn 671 The Harp I Touched 496 L. To Mary - by J. Strong Rice 542 Tempest of the Soul , the - by Mrs. Maria G. Buch- 583 88 anan 177 Thoughts - by John C. McCabe 607 678 547 Two Mothers , the - by ...
... Light as Air - by A. B. Meek 377 Kilbourn 671 The Harp I Touched 496 L. To Mary - by J. Strong Rice 542 Tempest of the Soul , the - by Mrs. Maria G. Buch- 583 88 anan 177 Thoughts - by John C. McCabe 607 678 547 Two Mothers , the - by ...
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... light ; Palace and prison , temple , spire and tree , Rise up , like Titans , gleaming on the night ; And far away the river runs , its breast Dimpled with stars that lie in dreamy rest . I love the day , the sun , the liquid sky ...
... light ; Palace and prison , temple , spire and tree , Rise up , like Titans , gleaming on the night ; And far away the river runs , its breast Dimpled with stars that lie in dreamy rest . I love the day , the sun , the liquid sky ...
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... light , Owning no source but GoD's command alone To fill the wide expanse , and make it bright , We were struck with the truth of the following And drive to deeper gloom the shadowy veil of night . paradox in social and domestic ...
... light , Owning no source but GoD's command alone To fill the wide expanse , and make it bright , We were struck with the truth of the following And drive to deeper gloom the shadowy veil of night . paradox in social and domestic ...
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... light and the humorous only and always , and has no taste for moral and religious sentiments . Tup- per's thoughts are numerous , and many of them exquisite and poetically expressed ; but there is hardly a light one among them ; though ...
... light and the humorous only and always , and has no taste for moral and religious sentiments . Tup- per's thoughts are numerous , and many of them exquisite and poetically expressed ; but there is hardly a light one among them ; though ...
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... light , Or playing on the river pure and bright , That wanders singing by . And from the sleeping stream The mirrored stars a spiritual light Fling hazily over grove and rock and height , That smile beneath their beam . Forest and field ...
... light , Or playing on the river pure and bright , That wanders singing by . And from the sleeping stream The mirrored stars a spiritual light Fling hazily over grove and rock and height , That smile beneath their beam . Forest and field ...
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Page 230 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 110 - O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
Page 76 - I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this government, both in church and state, as it is now by law established.
Page 241 - HER arms across her breast she laid ; She was more fair than words can say : Bare-footed came the beggar maid Before the king Cophetua. In robe and crown the king stept down, To meet and greet her on her way : " It is no wonder," said the lords, " She is more beautiful than day.
Page 228 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 398 - Now, if bits of cork or chaff, or any floating substance, be put into a basin, and a circular motion be given to the water, all the light substances will be found crowding together near the centre of the pool, where there is the least motion. Just such a basin is the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf Stream ; and the Sargasso Sea is the centre of the whirl.
Page 320 - It is that in a democracy the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents.
Page 230 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes; I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 103 - He is made one with Nature : there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 108 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...