This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... all that e'er shall meet thy glances. Peace be Around Thee. To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. The Blue Stocking. Oft in the stilly night E'er slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... all that e'er shall meet thy glances. Peace be Around Thee. To sigh, yet feel no pain, To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. The Blue Stocking. Oft in the stilly night E'er slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me. Oft in the Stilly Night. The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone. Ibid. I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed. Ibid. I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms that a cottage was near, And I said " if there 's peace to be found in the world, "A heart that was humble might hope for it here." Ballacl Stanzas. I give thee all--I can no more Tho' poor the offering be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee. My Heart and Lute. This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given; The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow--There 's nothing true but Heaven. The World is all a Fleeting Show. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. Come, ye Disconsolate. A Persian's Heaven is easily made, 'T is but black eyes and lemonade. Intercepted Letters. Letter vi. Who ran Through each mood of the lyre, and was master of all. On the Death of Sheridan. Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. Ibid. Weep on, and as thy sorrows flow, I '11 taste the luxury of woe. Anacreontic. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them. Preface to Corruption and Intolerance. From Kemble's Lodoiska, Act iii. Sc. 1. REGINALD HEBER. 1783-1826. No hammers fell, ...
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