Vashti, Or, "Until Death Us Do Part": A NovelCarleton, 1876 - 473 páginas |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Agla Aglaophotis beautiful blue Bochim Carlyle cheek child clasped comfort countenance dear dear Jane death deodars door DORA DEANE Elsie Elsie's escritoire Evelyn eyes face faith feel fingers gaze Gerome girl governess Granville grave gray Grey's hair hand happiness head heard heart heaven hope hour human Jane's Jessie kissed leaned leave LENA RIVERS lips little Muriel live looked MACARIA marriage Maurice Miss Dexter Miss Jane mistress morning mother mournful Muriel muslin never night once oriel window orphan painful pallor parlor patient peace piano poor prayed quiet Robert Robert Maclean rose Salome Owen Salome's seemed shoulder silent sister Solitude soul Stanley stood tears tell tender Thank things thought to-day took touch trust turned utter Vashti voice walked watched weary wife window wish woman young
Pasajes populares
Página 302 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Página 191 - Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in.
Página 366 - Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, serve him, love, honor, and keep him, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Página 380 - But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Página 345 - What I do And what I dream include thee, as the wine Must taste of its own grapes. And when I sue God for myself, He hears that name of thine, And sees within my eyes the tears of two.
Página 366 - N. . . ., wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health ; and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him so long as ye both shall live?
Página 34 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.
Página 201 - A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, And, as it were one voice, an agony Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills All night in a waste land, where no one comes, Or hath come, since the making of the world. Then murmur'd Arthur, 'Place me in the barge,
Página 165 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Página 472 - FORENOON and afternoon and night, — Forenoon, And afternoon, and night, — Forenoon, and — what ! The empty song repeats itself. No more ? Yea, that is Life : make this forenoon sublime, This afternoon a psalm, this night a prayer, And Time is conquered, and thy crown is won.