The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough: With a Selection from His Letters and a Memoir, Volume 1 |
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... continually pouring forth eloquent appeals to every kind of motive that could influence men's minds . Mr. Ward , one of Clough's first friends at Oxford , was , as is well known , among the foremost of the party ; and thus , at the very ...
... continually pouring forth eloquent appeals to every kind of motive that could influence men's minds . Mr. Ward , one of Clough's first friends at Oxford , was , as is well known , among the foremost of the party ; and thus , at the very ...
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... continually darting in and out through numerous tunnels . After this came three pleasant vetturino days over the Simplon , one spent in the long drive up the Valais , mono- tonous but pleasant , with occasional walks and halts to gather ...
... continually darting in and out through numerous tunnels . After this came three pleasant vetturino days over the Simplon , one spent in the long drive up the Valais , mono- tonous but pleasant , with occasional walks and halts to gather ...
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... continually talk- ing even with our kind Father God , just as you would wish to talk to those of your own age sometimes , and not always to those above you only , however much you might love them —if you do still want some one to talk ...
... continually talk- ing even with our kind Father God , just as you would wish to talk to those of your own age sometimes , and not always to those above you only , however much you might love them —if you do still want some one to talk ...
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... continually reminded of Christ's goodness to you . Till that time comes , if your struggle is not easy , yet still it is not too hard for you , when God is ever ready to assist you . I know very well that you do feel this in your heart ...
... continually reminded of Christ's goodness to you . Till that time comes , if your struggle is not easy , yet still it is not too hard for you , when God is ever ready to assist you . I know very well that you do feel this in your heart ...
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... continually lionised about galleries and the like , which is far less agreeable than walking through the beauty of a country . I went off directly after my return to Grasmere , where I had a party of pupils waiting for me , and there ...
... continually lionised about galleries and the like , which is far less agreeable than walking through the beauty of a country . I went off directly after my return to Grasmere , where I had a party of pupils waiting for me , and there ...
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Page 276 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 375 - And so she sings her fill, Singing most joyfully, Till the spindle drops from her hand, And the whizzing wheel stands still. She steals to the window, and looks at the sand, And over the sand at the sea; And her eyes are set in a stare...
Page 374 - The Forsaken Merman Come, dear children, let us away; Down and away below. Now my brothers call from the bay; Now the great winds shoreward blow; Now the salt tides seaward flow; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away. This way, this way. Call her once before you go. Call once yet. In a voice that she will know...
Page 320 - Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man...
Page 392 - tis true I have gone here and there And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear, Made old offences of affections new.
Page 323 - Through busiest street and loneliest glen Are felt the flashes of his pen : He rules mid winter snows, and when Bees fill their hives : Deep in the general heart of men His power survives.
Page 16 - Perplext in faith, but pure in deeds, At last he beat his music out. There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Page 390 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 375 - On the blanch'd sands a gloom; Up the still, glistening beaches, Up the creeks we will hie, Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb-tide leaves dry. We will gaze, from the sand-hills, At the white, sleeping town; At the church on the hill-side — And then come back down. Singing: "There dwells a loved one, But cruel is she ! She left lonely for ever The kings of the sea.
Page 381 - The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.