The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough: With a Selection from His Letters and a Memoir, Volume 1 |
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... hand in marriage , to which she answered that she had already promised it as she went in to Sir Richard Clough ; but added that should there be any other occasion she would re- member him . After the death of Sir Richard , accordingly ...
... hand in marriage , to which she answered that she had already promised it as she went in to Sir Richard Clough ; but added that should there be any other occasion she would re- member him . After the death of Sir Richard , accordingly ...
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... hands with him at parting . The grace of his character when he was a boy , ' says one of his friends , ' can be estimated by nothing so well as by the force with which he attracted the attachment of some , and the jealousy or ...
... hands with him at parting . The grace of his character when he was a boy , ' says one of his friends , ' can be estimated by nothing so well as by the force with which he attracted the attachment of some , and the jealousy or ...
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... hands . And as to unselfishness , his self - abne gating consideration for others may be called , in the best sense ... hand , he was perhaps less remarkable for logical consecu tiveness . But at that time the Oriel fellowship was ...
... hands . And as to unselfishness , his self - abne gating consideration for others may be called , in the best sense ... hand , he was perhaps less remarkable for logical consecu tiveness . But at that time the Oriel fellowship was ...
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... hand , with " Allow me to congratulate you . " We were all so little thinking of the fellowship , and so taken aback by this formal announcement , that it was some little time before we knew what it was all about . The first thing that ...
... hand , with " Allow me to congratulate you . " We were all so little thinking of the fellowship , and so taken aback by this formal announcement , that it was some little time before we knew what it was all about . The first thing that ...
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... come and scatter the rays broadcast over the little loch , as if some unseen hand was sowing it with golden grain . It was as memorable an appearance as that different ne we had seen a year ago on Moël Wyn 24 LIFE OF ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH .
... come and scatter the rays broadcast over the little loch , as if some unseen hand was sowing it with golden grain . It was as memorable an appearance as that different ne we had seen a year ago on Moël Wyn 24 LIFE OF ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH .
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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.