Glenlonely; Or, The Daemon Friend, Volume 2

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Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839
 

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Page 1 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 284 - Revenge is but a frailty, incident To crazed and sickly minds ; the poor content Of little souls, unable to surmount An injury, too weak to bear affront.
Page 193 - Houries wear, And dimpled by a smile, whose spell Not even sighs could quite dispel; And eyes of that dark azure light Seen only at the deep midnight ; A cheek, whose crimson hues...
Page 193 - Catch it who can" is the wise axiom: to invoke it for ourselves, our friends and company, is as idle as the chorus of the old song, " Let us all be unhappy together.

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