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Page 127 - A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal.
Page 319 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven. Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Page 126 - So dear to Heaven is saintly Chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt ; And, in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...
Page 176 - A breath, a touch like this hath shaken. And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach that words begin ; And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling day ; And voices lose the tone that shed A tenderness round all they said ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of love are gone...
Page 319 - twere its natural torches, for divine Should be the light which streams here, to illume This long-explored but still exhaustless mine Of contemplation...
Page 270 - Ma dimmi: al tempo d'i dolci sospiri, a che e come concedette amore che conosceste i dubbiosi disiri? ». E quella a me: « Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice ne la miseria; e ciò sa '1 tuo dottore. Ma s'a conoscer la prima radice del nostro amor tu hai cotanto affetto, dirò come colui che piange e dice.
Page 270 - Lancilotto, come amor lo strinse; soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto. Per più fiate gli occhi ci sospinse quella lettura, e scolorocci il viso: ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso esser baciato da cotanto amante, questi, che mai da me non fia diviso, la bocca mi baciò tutto tremante.
Page 249 - Oh, we do all offend — There's not a day of wedded life, if we Count at its close the little, bitter sum Of thoughts and words, and looks unkind and froward, Silence that chides and woundings of the eye — But prostrate at each other's feet, we should Each night forgiveness ask — then what should I ? ..
Page 319 - Let us carry them to our dear mamma," said the elder girl ; " she will be sure to take care of them, as she says we should always pity and protect the helpless and forsaken." The words of the children struck daggers to the heart of their wretched mother. For a moment she struggled against the blow, and, making a last effort, tried to reach the spot where she had left her attendant; but nature was exhausted, and she had only tottered a few paces, when, uttering a groan of anguish, she fell to the...