Gift for Young LadiesW.J. Hamersley, 1850 - 124 sider |
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ANGEL FACES beautiful believe better bosom breath bride bright bright eye cheek Christ convent garden dark death drawbridge Duke of Mantua Duke of Nevers Duke of Rhetel exer exercise eyes fair faithless fear feel feel the fire female fervent spirit fervor flirtation flowers folly friends gazed gentle gift glory glow grace hand happiness hath heard heart heaven Holy Spirit hour influence of woman lady light LILY look Lord lungs MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS Mary of Mantua mind mixed society Montferrat morning nature ness never night o'er pale passion person Petrarch PLANTS IN ROOMS Prince Provençal rest shrine silent smile soil sorrow soul sound stranger sweet tears tender thee thing thou thoughts TIGHT LACING tions trembling turned uncle Vincenzo voice walk WANDERED warm WATER LILY Weep women words Yankee girls young
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Side 72 - He came not, — no, he came not, — The night came on alone, — The little stars sat one by one, Each on his golden throne ; The evening wind passed by my cheek, The leaves above were stirred, — But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.
Side 64 - Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright...
Side 83 - Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth into the struggle and bustle of the world. Love is but the embellishment of his early life, or a song piped in the intervals of the acts.
Side 63 - SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT." She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw...
Side 87 - Frank, obedient, waiting still On the turnings of your will. Moving light, as all young things, As young birds, or early wheat When the wind blows over it. Only, free from flutterings Of loud mirth that scorneth measure • Taking love for her chief pleasure. Choosing pleasures, for the rest, Which come softly — just as she, When she nestles at your knee. Quiet talk she liketh best, In a bower of gentle looks, — Watering flowers, or reading books. And her voice, it murmurs lowly, As a silver...
Side 58 - WALK in the light ! so shalt thou know That fellowship of love, His Spirit only can bestow, Who reigns in light above. 2 Walk in the light...
Side 70 - Gainst dreams of baffled bliss the heart to steel, To wander sad down age's vale of tears, As whirl the wither'd leaves from friendship's tree, And on earth's wintry wold alone to be : Weep not for Her...
Side 19 - A fervent spirit is one filled with the Spirit of God. When Jesus cried, " If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink...
Side 25 - Lifting alike thy head Of placid beauty, feminine yet free, Whether with foam or pictured azure spread The waters be. What is like thee, fair flower, The gentle and the firm ; thus bearing up To the blue sky that alabaster cup, As to the shower ? Oh!
Side 85 - ... friendship weeping over her untimely grave, and wondering that one who but lately glowed with all the radiance of health and beauty, should so speedily be brought down to