The beautiful forever tales, Volumen1

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Society of Authors, 1869
 

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Página 51 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Página 51 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
Página 50 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Página 153 - THE OLD MAN'S LAMENT, OH, for one draught of those sweet waters now That shed such freshness o'er my early life ! Oh, that I could but bathe my fevered brow To wash away the dust of worldly strife, And be a simple-hearted child once more, As if I ne'er had known this world's pernicious lore ! My heart is weary, and my spirit pants Beneath the heat and burden of the day ; Would that I could regain those shady haunts Where once with Hope, I dreamed the hours away, Giving my thoughts to tales of old...
Página 226 - ... nerves to the extremities of my body. The sense of limitation, of the confinement of our senses within the bounds of our own flesh and blood, instantly fell away. The walls of my frame were burst outward and tumbled into ruin ; and, without thinking what form I wore, — losing sight even of all idea of form, — I felt that I existed throughout a vast extent of space.

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