Broadstone of HonorLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1826 - 311 páginas |
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... night . And if at any time , in the hour of feeling and of poetry , we seat ourselves on the ivy - mantled tower of one of those houses where once the praise of God formed the daily of- fice , and also broke the stillness of the night ...
... night . And if at any time , in the hour of feeling and of poetry , we seat ourselves on the ivy - mantled tower of one of those houses where once the praise of God formed the daily of- fice , and also broke the stillness of the night ...
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... night , but in their place the voice of the screech owl issues from the mouldering arches , we shall medi- tate upon that appeal , " how then shall the sinner and the ungodly appear ? " If led by sad thought to con- template what ...
... night , but in their place the voice of the screech owl issues from the mouldering arches , we shall medi- tate upon that appeal , " how then shall the sinner and the ungodly appear ? " If led by sad thought to con- template what ...
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Kenelm Henry Digby. it is , and how refreshing i " Even when night has drawn over men her sable mantle , how good is it to be for some time on the mountains and alone ! When after long obscurity , At length a pleasant instantaneous gleam ...
Kenelm Henry Digby. it is , and how refreshing i " Even when night has drawn over men her sable mantle , how good is it to be for some time on the mountains and alone ! When after long obscurity , At length a pleasant instantaneous gleam ...
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... night - heron , and forests that seem path- less ; and who feel that even their secluded depths can utter knowledge ; who can withdraw beyond the power of the senses , and take refuge in the past , the distant , or the future . " For ...
... night - heron , and forests that seem path- less ; and who feel that even their secluded depths can utter knowledge ; who can withdraw beyond the power of the senses , and take refuge in the past , the distant , or the future . " For ...
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... nights in the desert seeking him , and was only directed to his abode in the end by a light within , but who at last ... night invests the sea , and wished morn delays , ” or on the banks of some blue water , at even tide , to catch the ...
... nights in the desert seeking him , and was only directed to his abode in the end by a light within , but who at last ... night invests the sea , and wished morn delays , ” or on the banks of some blue water , at even tide , to catch the ...
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Página 248 - Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong, They learn in suffering what they teach in song.
Página 223 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Página 288 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Página 70 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above...
Página 175 - Ye brown o'erarching groves, That contemplation loves, Where willowy Camus lingers with delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn, Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright In cloisters dim, far from the haunts of Folly, With Freedom by my side, and soft-eyed Melancholy.
Página 200 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Página 51 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Página 36 - I am, I confess, naturally inclined to that which misguided zeal terms superstition : my common conversation I do acknowledge austere, my behaviour full of rigour, sometimes not without morosity; yet at my devotion I love to use the civility of my knee, my hat, and hand, with all those outward and sensible motions which may express or promote my invisible devotion.
Página 58 - Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, Te prophetarum laudabilis numerus, Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Página 300 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go...