Beverly: Or, The White Mask. A Novel

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G. W. Carleton & Company, 1872 - 422 pages
 

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Page 141 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 348 - Thy gardens and thy goodly walks Continually are green, Where grow such sweet and pleasant flowers As nowhere else are seen. Right through the streets, with pleasing sound, The living waters flow, And on the banks, on either side, The trees of life do grow.
Page 348 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
Page 348 - O happy harbor of God's saints, O sweet and pleasant soil; In thee no sorrow can be found, Nor grief, nor care, nor toil. 3 No dimming cloud o'ershadows thee, Nor gloom, nor darksome night; But every soul shines as the sun, For God himself gives light.
Page 100 - I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " too many irons in the fire,
Page 165 - Then landed De Leon, the sailor, Unfurled his old banner, and sung; But he felt very wrinkled and withered, All around was so fresh and so young. The palms...

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