Guide to Social Happiness, Parts 1-4E. Walker, 1847 |
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... 15 The Poetry of Grief • 19 The Poetry of Woman 24 The Poetry of the Bible . 27 The Poetry of Religion . • 32 Impression 41 Imagination 45 Power • • 52 Taste 60 Conclusion • • IN offering to the attention of the public , two.
... 15 The Poetry of Grief • 19 The Poetry of Woman 24 The Poetry of the Bible . 27 The Poetry of Religion . • 32 Impression 41 Imagination 45 Power • • 52 Taste 60 Conclusion • • IN offering to the attention of the public , two.
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... woman , with her beauty , and grace , and gentleness , and fulness of feeling , and depth of affection , and her blushes of purity , and the tones and looks which only a mother's heart can inspire ; -these are all poetical . It is not ...
... woman , with her beauty , and grace , and gentleness , and fulness of feeling , and depth of affection , and her blushes of purity , and the tones and looks which only a mother's heart can inspire ; -these are all poetical . It is not ...
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... woman is never found wanting , welcome the mariners home , safe from the storms and the dangers of the sea ? Who has not stood upon the beach , a silent , but deeply interested specta- tor , while a crew of hardy and weather- beaten ...
... woman is never found wanting , welcome the mariners home , safe from the storms and the dangers of the sea ? Who has not stood upon the beach , a silent , but deeply interested specta- tor , while a crew of hardy and weather- beaten ...
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... woman , that would be able , while contemplating such a scene , to un- dergo the process of ( what is now commonly ... woman is standing , not an angel , or a goddess , but a simple peasant woman , whose dress , coarse but gorgeous in ...
... woman , that would be able , while contemplating such a scene , to un- dergo the process of ( what is now commonly ... woman is standing , not an angel , or a goddess , but a simple peasant woman , whose dress , coarse but gorgeous in ...
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... woman— that of being " left . ” Again , towards the conclusion of the same story , when Rachel finds the dead body of her lover , and , as if incapable of compre- hending any further grief , takes no note of the intelligence that her ...
... woman— that of being " left . ” Again , towards the conclusion of the same story , when Rachel finds the dead body of her lover , and , as if incapable of compre- hending any further grief , takes no note of the intelligence that her ...
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Page 134 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 127 - And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth ; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
Page 134 - Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water...
Page 82 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 126 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 162 - And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand; and from his seat The monster moving, onward came as fast With horrid strides ; Hell trembled as he strode.
Page 98 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Page 162 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell...
Page 134 - The kings came and fought, Then fought the kings of Canaan In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo ; They took no gain of money.
Page 162 - Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...