Conversations at Cambridge..J. W. Parker, 1836 - 292 pages |
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Page 10
... Sorrow , and the crown of Death shall be upon your heads , and many glittering faces shall be looking upon you . " He has here dashed out with a few strokes of his pen , a picture of almost Miltonic grandeur . The next is of a different ...
... Sorrow , and the crown of Death shall be upon your heads , and many glittering faces shall be looking upon you . " He has here dashed out with a few strokes of his pen , a picture of almost Miltonic grandeur . The next is of a different ...
Page 21
... sorrows , and sow our bodies till they rise again in a fair or an intolerable eternity . " The next might have been copied from the note- book of Spenser . The " full eyes of childhood " is one of the finest images in the language ...
... sorrows , and sow our bodies till they rise again in a fair or an intolerable eternity . " The next might have been copied from the note- book of Spenser . The " full eyes of childhood " is one of the finest images in the language ...
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... sorrow bears , We sadly trace thy coffin with our tears - HENRY KING . THE Author of the following verses is equally beyond the reach of praise or of censure ; he is deaf to the voice of the charmer , charm she never so wisely . Death ...
... sorrow bears , We sadly trace thy coffin with our tears - HENRY KING . THE Author of the following verses is equally beyond the reach of praise or of censure ; he is deaf to the voice of the charmer , charm she never so wisely . Death ...
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... sorrow , are mingled together ; in yonder tower , are numbered the respirations of thy bosom . A storm cometh thence ; an earthquake rocks the ground ; loud sounds ascend from the deep ; but all evil remains in the Land of Thorns , and ...
... sorrow , are mingled together ; in yonder tower , are numbered the respirations of thy bosom . A storm cometh thence ; an earthquake rocks the ground ; loud sounds ascend from the deep ; but all evil remains in the Land of Thorns , and ...
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... sorrow's bitter cup to drink . The Persian poet fondly thought , That when the storms of life were past , Into a bower of beauty brought , His happy soul would rest at last . To us a brighter hope is given , When death this mortal frame ...
... sorrow's bitter cup to drink . The Persian poet fondly thought , That when the storms of life were past , Into a bower of beauty brought , His happy soul would rest at last . To us a brighter hope is given , When death this mortal frame ...
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