The Trojan Sketch BookAbba A. Goddard Young & Hartt, 1846 - 180 páginas |
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Página 80 - O! the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound-like power in light Rhythm in all thought, and joyance...
Página 81 - God coming in his majesty, his telling of the beasts' joyfulness and hills leaping, but a heavenly poesy, wherein almost he showeth himself a passionate lover of that unspeakable and everlasting beauty to be seen by the eyes of the mind only, cleared by faith?
Página 46 - own exceeding great reward"; it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Página 41 - The rill is tuneless to his ear, who feels No harmony within ; the south wind steals As silent as unseen among the leaves. Who has no inward beauty, none perceives, Though all around is beautiful.
Página 10 - Hudson went sounding his way above the Highlands, till at last the Crescent had sailed some miles beyond the city of Hudson, and a boat had advanced a little beyond Albany. Frequent intercourse was held with the astonished natives of the Algonquin race ; and the strangers were welcomed by a deputation from the Mohawks. Having completed his discovery, Hudson descended the stream...
Página 83 - The winter was past, the rain over and gone ; the flowers were appearing on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds had come, and the voice of the turtle was heard in the land ; the fig-tree was putting forth her green figs, and the vines, now in bloom, gave a good smell.
Página 41 - Soul! fearful is thy power, which thus transforms All things into thy likeness; heaves in storms The strong, proud sea, or lays it down to rest, Like the hushed infant on its mother's breast — Which gives each outward circumstance its hue, And shapes the acts, and thoughts of men anew, Till they, in turn, or love or hate impart, As love or hate holds rule within the heart.
Página 173 - It is a matchless volume, and it is impossible that we can study it too much, or esteem it too highly.
Página 46 - Dryden and Pope, does not perceive in them the disciples of the old school, whose genius was inflamed by the heroic verse, the terse satire, and the playful wit of antiquity ? Who that meditates over the strains of Milton does not feel that he drank deep At " Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle of God...
Página 161 - It led the way in giving experimental proof that the most highly cultivated intellect is perfectly compatible with feminine gentleness and grace, and that a judgment strengthened and enlightened by severe study conduces to the successful performance of the minor offices of the domestic station.