Waifs in Verse: EtcA. Bureau & Frères, 1891 - 260 pages |
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Page 238 - Mysterious Night! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet '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...
Page 238 - Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet...
Page 173 - I'll look up;] My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder'?
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Page 219 - Parkman, park'man, Francis, American historian: b. Boston 16 Sept. 1823; d. there 8 Nov. 1893. He prepared for college at Chauncey Hall School, in Boston, entered Harvard in 1840, and was graduated in 1844. During his college course he determined to write the history of the struggle between France and England for the possession of the New World, but kept his purpose a secret. In college he gave particular attention to history and literature, and attained considerable distinction as a historical student....
Page 204 - Un jour, notre banniere auguste Devant lui dut se replier ; Mais alors, s'il nous fut injuste, II a su le faire oublier. Et si maintenant son pli vibre A nos remparts jadis gaulois, C'est au moins sur un peuple libre Qui n'a rien perdu de ses droits. Oublions les jours de tempetes ; Et, mon enfant, puisqu' aujourdhui Ce drapeau flotte sur nos tetes, II faut s'incliner devant lui.
Page 184 - Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.