 The narrative flows in one unbroken current, detached parts whereof hint but imperfectly of the whole, as do goblets of water of the stream wherefrom they are dipped. We will only venture to present two brief passages. The daughter speaks : — " Let...  Jephthah's Daughter - Page 51by Charles Heavysege - 1865 - 74 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Humanities - 1876 - 608 pages
...ardent nature sees no beauties in the untimely end and in a gloomy grave ; but duty points the way : " Let me not need now disobey you, mother, But give...gate, Whereat indeed I must, by duty drawn, By nature show the sacred way to yield. Behold, the coasting cloud obeys the breeze ; The slanting smoke, the... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 404 pages
...they are dipped. We will only venture to present two brief passages. The daughter speaks:— ' , . "Let me not need now disobey you, mother, But give...duty drawn, By Nature shown the sacred way to yield. I' 132 ' ESSAYS AND NOTES, Behold, the coasting cloud obeys the breeze 5 The slanting smoke, the Invisible... | |
 | American essays - 1865 - 834 pages
...wherefrom they are dipped. We will only venture to present two brief passages. The daughter speaks : — " Let me not need now disobey you, mother, But give...; The slanting smoke, the invisible sweet air; The lowering tree ¡ts leafy limbs resigns To the embraces of the wilful wind : Shall I, then, wrong, resist... | |
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