...nestlings in the nest (and what he has to say about birds' nests might fill a chapter) or of passion that lay hidden as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale; of the linnet's bosom that blushes at the gaze of Spring, or of the ptarmigan whitening ere his hour...

...moralk. The language is, in some parts, simply unintelligible ; I mean in such gems as the following : " As the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale. " Now the " music of the spheres " we have heard of as a rather fashionable aerial concert, but we...

...and true love Crown'd after trial ; sketches rude and faint, But where a passion yet unborn perhaps Lay hidden as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale. And thus together, save for college-times Or Temple-eaten terms, a couple, fair As ever painter painted,...

...us that in the romantic tales with which the boy amused his playmate "A passion yet unborn perhaps Lay hidden as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale." But we do not think such an equivocal expression as the " music of the moon," so inevitably suggesting...

...is truly great. The following passage is, perhaps, the gem of the book. Speaking of love, it says it "Lay hidden, as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale." The following description of an Oriental dagger is, also, very original and graceful : — "A dagger,...

...and true love Grown'd after trial ; sketches rude and fault, But where a passion yet unborn perhaps Lay hidden as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale. And thus together, save for college-tunes Or Temple-eaten terms, a couple, fair As ever painter painted,...

...and true love Orown'd after trial ; sketches rude and faint, But where a passion yet unborn perhaps Lay hidden as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale." This, of course, ends in the old, old story. Bat when the said story becomes legible to the stupid...

...that great thought-tree, which has now struck so deep into English life, softly overshadowing it all. As the " music of the moon sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale," so we have the whole Carlyle reflected there only as through a cracked mirror (for are not all party...

...that great thought-tree, which has now struck so deep into English life, softly overshadowing it all. As the " music of the moon sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale," so we have the whole Carlyle reflected there only as through a cracked mirror (for are not all party...

...and true love Crown'd after trial ; sketches rude and faint, But where a passion yet unborn perhaps Lay hidden as the music of the moon Sleeps in the plain eggs of the nightingale. And thus together, save for college-times Or Temple-eaten terms, a couple, fair As ever painter painted,...