Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volume 37G.R. Graham., 1850 |
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... light works , The History and Philosophy of the Inductive of common day . " Sciences . Here are great learning , logical arrange- ment , a complete superficial comprehension of the whole subject ; but life is wanting . Most of the great ...
... light works , The History and Philosophy of the Inductive of common day . " Sciences . Here are great learning , logical arrange- ment , a complete superficial comprehension of the whole subject ; but life is wanting . Most of the great ...
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... light and heat of his own intelligence - like the inspiring master described by Barry Cornwall's enthusiast : - He was like the sun , giving me light ; Pouring into the caves of my young brain Knowledge from his bright fountains . - A ...
... light and heat of his own intelligence - like the inspiring master described by Barry Cornwall's enthusiast : - He was like the sun , giving me light ; Pouring into the caves of my young brain Knowledge from his bright fountains . - A ...
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... light ! What raptures , sweet , heart - thrilling raptures , rise Whene'er I pierce their depths with eager sight ! The profile pure and soft - the bright full face- The cupid mouth with rows of flashing pearls- The waist so dainty ...
... light ! What raptures , sweet , heart - thrilling raptures , rise Whene'er I pierce their depths with eager sight ! The profile pure and soft - the bright full face- The cupid mouth with rows of flashing pearls- The waist so dainty ...
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... light of life has flown ! It is not summer to my eyes , For summer's sun is hid- He , who made fair the earth and skies , Sleeps ' neath a coffin - lid . There is no verdure to be seen- No flowers upon the lea ; For he , whose smile ...
... light of life has flown ! It is not summer to my eyes , For summer's sun is hid- He , who made fair the earth and skies , Sleeps ' neath a coffin - lid . There is no verdure to be seen- No flowers upon the lea ; For he , whose smile ...
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... light , Which filled the filmy eyes of night . From oak and elm , from beech and larch , That crowned the vista , like an arch , Between whose leaves , like frowning eyes , Came glimpses of the gloomy skies ; From Asia's sultry hills ...
... light , Which filled the filmy eyes of night . From oak and elm , from beech and larch , That crowned the vista , like an arch , Between whose leaves , like frowning eyes , Came glimpses of the gloomy skies ; From Asia's sultry hills ...
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Page 115 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 194 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 115 - Two voices are there ; one is of the sea, One of the mountains ; each a mighty voice : In both from age to age thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen music, Liberty ! There came a tyrant, and with holy glee Thou fought'st against him ; but hast vainly striven : Thou from thy Alpine holds at length art driven, Where not a torrent murmurs heard by thee. Of one deep bliss thine...
Page 114 - And hers shall be the breathing balm, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things.
Page 110 - ... of the meadows and the woods And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create, And what perceive; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.
Page 109 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Page 109 - Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Page 109 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
Page 114 - The wind, the tempest roaring high, The tumult of a tropic sky, Might well be dangerous food For him, a youth to whom was given So much of earth, so much of heaven, And such impetuous blood.
Page 4 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated, and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.