The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough: With a Selection from His Letters and a Memoir, Volume 1 |
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... tell strongly upon him . The first distinct remembrance , ' she says , ' that I have of my brother is of his going with me in a carriage to the vessel which was to take us to America . This must have been in the winter of 1822-23 , when ...
... tell strongly upon him . The first distinct remembrance , ' she says , ' that I have of my brother is of his going with me in a carriage to the vessel which was to take us to America . This must have been in the winter of 1822-23 , when ...
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... tell us that he dreamt of the places he had been reading about . He also used to go out with my father when he had business to do on the wharves and on board the ships , and sat with him and my mother in the evenings and saw the ...
... tell us that he dreamt of the places he had been reading about . He also used to go out with my father when he had business to do on the wharves and on board the ships , and sat with him and my mother in the evenings and saw the ...
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... telling me at the time that a character of Saul which Clough wrote in that examination was , I think he said , the best , most original thing he had ever seen written in any examination . But Oriel had at that time a way of finding out ...
... telling me at the time that a character of Saul which Clough wrote in that examination was , I think he said , the best , most original thing he had ever seen written in any examination . But Oriel had at that time a way of finding out ...
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... tell the people he was a " Teacher , " and they were at once at ease with him then . I doubt whether he ever mentioned this to anyone but myself , and to me it only came out casually . ' If I am not mistaken , it was from this place ...
... tell the people he was a " Teacher , " and they were at once at ease with him then . I doubt whether he ever mentioned this to anyone but myself , and to me it only came out casually . ' If I am not mistaken , it was from this place ...
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... tell , for the seed of just and noble thoughts sown , for the pure and lofty type of character set before me ; but the feeling of personal attachment is the strongest of all . ' Another friend of this period says : " In him I felt I had ...
... tell , for the seed of just and noble thoughts sown , for the pure and lofty type of character set before me ; but the feeling of personal attachment is the strongest of all . ' Another friend of this period says : " In him I felt I had ...
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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.