Onwards, by the author of 'Anne Dysart'.

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Page 242 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun ? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why do we then shun Death with anxious strife ? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life ? " I would not slight this wondrous world.
Page 88 - The sparrow's chirrup on the roof, The slow clock ticking, and the sound Which to the wooing wind aloof The poplar made, did all confound Her sense; but most she loathed the hour When the thick-moted sunbeam lay Athwart the chambers, and the day Was sloping toward his western bower. Then, said she, 'I am very dreary, He will not come,' she said; She wept, 'I am aweary, aweary, Oh God, that I were dead!
Page 350 - STEPHAN LANGTON. BY MARTIN F. TUPPER, DCL, FRS, Author of " PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY," &c., 2 v. with fine engravings. ONWARDS. By the Author of " ANNE DYSART." 3 vols. THE MASTER OF THE HOUNDS. BY " SCRUTATOR," Author of "THE SQUIRE OF BEECHWOOD.
Page 350 - Maitland,' and to those who have read the latter work this will be considered no mean commendation. A perusal of the
Page 350 - ONE AND TWENTY. By the Author of « Wildflower," " The House of Elmore,
Page 311 - Wortabet appears more and more like one who has put off the old man, and put on the new man ; having new hopes, new desires, new pleasures, new aversions, new motives.
Page 8 - Mauleverer drew himself up to the full height of his commanding stature, and...

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