Galveston: a Sequel to "Amy Athelstone"Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1868 - 263 pages |
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... hearts of all men inclined many persons favourably towards the feeble effort of a minister's orphan child . The little book , like a tiny barque , was cast upon the waters— prayer was the helm , and faith the pilot . Sometimes the sea ...
... hearts of all men inclined many persons favourably towards the feeble effort of a minister's orphan child . The little book , like a tiny barque , was cast upon the waters— prayer was the helm , and faith the pilot . Sometimes the sea ...
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... heart , and a true friend . " 66 Now , ladies , I have given orders respecting your boxes . Please step this way , " said the Captain , as he returned to the carriage . " Thank you , sir . " Captain St. John looked still more anxiously ...
... heart , and a true friend . " 66 Now , ladies , I have given orders respecting your boxes . Please step this way , " said the Captain , as he returned to the carriage . " Thank you , sir . " Captain St. John looked still more anxiously ...
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... heart , and a true friend . " 66 Now , ladies , I have given orders respecting your boxes . Please step this way , " said the Captain , as he returned to the carriage . " Thank you , sir . " Captain St. John looked still more anxiously ...
... heart , and a true friend . " 66 Now , ladies , I have given orders respecting your boxes . Please step this way , " said the Captain , as he returned to the carriage . " Thank you , sir . " Captain St. John looked still more anxiously ...
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... hearts ached as they said fare- well to this last of many friends . He went ; they watched him re cross the plank , and still they stood irresolute . Memory was busily at work , thoughts of early home , of loved ones dead , of kindred ...
... hearts ached as they said fare- well to this last of many friends . He went ; they watched him re cross the plank , and still they stood irresolute . Memory was busily at work , thoughts of early home , of loved ones dead , of kindred ...
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... hearts and trusty arms , -standing leaning over the ship's side , watching , perhaps , to catch the last glimpse of his wife and child . A tear trickled down his bronzed cheek ; it might be that it came unbidden , for with impatient ...
... hearts and trusty arms , -standing leaning over the ship's side , watching , perhaps , to catch the last glimpse of his wife and child . A tear trickled down his bronzed cheek ; it might be that it came unbidden , for with impatient ...
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Page 2 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ?" The Vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 90 - Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and I linger on the shore, And the individual withers, and the world is more and more.
Page 214 - Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold, Fall on your shoulders again as of old; Let it drop over my forehead to-night, Shading my faint eyes away from the light; For, with its sunny-edged shadows once more, Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore. Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep — Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Page 60 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 202 - Bequeathed — a heritage of heart and hand, And proud distinction from each other land, Whose sons must bow them at a monarch's motion, As if his senseless sceptre were a wand Full of the magic of exploded science — Still one great clime, in full and free defiance, Yet rears her crest, unconquered and sublime, Above the far Atlantic...
Page 2 - Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold; And to the presence in the room he said,
Page 18 - The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light, But the cold light of stars ; 1 give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 24 - There is no death ! What seems so is transition : This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 215 - BACKWARD, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again, just for to-night! Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair; Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;— Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!
Page 11 - A WET sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys. While like the eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind...