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... heart and justness of moral perception , though by no means of moral practice ; that in proportion to the degree in which it is felt , will probably be the degree in which all nobleness and beauty of character will also be felt ; that ...
... heart and justness of moral perception , though by no means of moral practice ; that in proportion to the degree in which it is felt , will probably be the degree in which all nobleness and beauty of character will also be felt ; that ...
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... hearts , strong hands , Till day is done . ' AUBREY DE Vere . Home Happiness promoted by Home Culture - The Study of Music- Of Singing - Robert Schumann's Maxims on Music - Thoroughness enjoined Pianoforte Playing and Singing of the Day ...
... hearts , strong hands , Till day is done . ' AUBREY DE Vere . Home Happiness promoted by Home Culture - The Study of Music- Of Singing - Robert Schumann's Maxims on Music - Thoroughness enjoined Pianoforte Playing and Singing of the Day ...
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... hearts bless her as she passes by . ' ' Quiet talk she liketh best In a bower of gentle looks- Watering flowers or reading books . And her voice it murmurs lowly , As a silver stream may run Which yet feels , you feel , the sun . ' MARY ...
... hearts bless her as she passes by . ' ' Quiet talk she liketh best In a bower of gentle looks- Watering flowers or reading books . And her voice it murmurs lowly , As a silver stream may run Which yet feels , you feel , the sun . ' MARY ...
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... hearts to bless- Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health , Truth breathed by cheerfulness . ' WORDSWORTII . Beauties of Rural Life - Contrast of Life in Cities - Mackay's Lines-- Ruskin quoted - Keen bodily Sensibility indicative of the ...
... hearts to bless- Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health , Truth breathed by cheerfulness . ' WORDSWORTII . Beauties of Rural Life - Contrast of Life in Cities - Mackay's Lines-- Ruskin quoted - Keen bodily Sensibility indicative of the ...
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... heart to feel and dare . ' EBENEZER ELLIOTT . ' She was a queen of noble Nature's crowning , A smile of hers was like an act of grace ; She had no winsome looks , no pretty frowning , Like daily beauties of the vulgar race : But if she ...
... heart to feel and dare . ' EBENEZER ELLIOTT . ' She was a queen of noble Nature's crowning , A smile of hers was like an act of grace ; She had no winsome looks , no pretty frowning , Like daily beauties of the vulgar race : But if she ...
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Page 270 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 269 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 251 - To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel...
Page 216 - DAFFODILS FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Page 183 - I were to pray for a taste -which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Page 216 - FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you, or anything. We die As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 118 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 89 - All things to man's delightful use. The roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf ; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses and jessamine, Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem : other creature...
Page 101 - Then the pied windflowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness...
Page 227 - To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen.