The Path of Roses

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C. H. Clarke, 1859 - 225 páginas
 

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Página 35 - AT the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill, And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove...
Página 126 - ... however, that there was not quite so much — a — what's-a-name in that as you imagine; for, when she had placed him at his highest, and she herself lower than the lowest, it was only by way of making a spring, as the boys say. She regarded him at a distance with her love in the leash, and teazed herself with the distance, and then away she ran to him, and threw her arms about his neck, and caught his hand to her bosom, claiming him, cleverness and all, for her own. Had'nt he said so ? Had...
Página 23 - O'er some beside Adversity flows With as rough a tide ; It rifles the heart Of the joys it bore, And it comes so oft, They will grow no more. But it leaves it firm, It leaves it bright, It leaves it decked With unearthly light ; In hallowed tears Serene to stand. As the lonely rock On the cold sea-strand.
Página 179 - If all men were able to satisfy conscience and ambition by doing their duty in that state of life into which it had pleased God to call them, civilization would advance with but tardy steps.

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