Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... give you any infor- mation you want , and I think you had much better take my opinion than Helen's , for I see the people as they are , and she looks at them through the beautifying glass of her own kind , sweet nature . " " I thought ...
... give you any infor- mation you want , and I think you had much better take my opinion than Helen's , for I see the people as they are , and she looks at them through the beautifying glass of her own kind , sweet nature . " " I thought ...
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... give them a few good lessons in music and drawing . " " Do you think she ought to care so much about these accomplishments ? " " Oh , yes , " said Helen , " because they must learn to provide for themselves in after life , and they ...
... give them a few good lessons in music and drawing . " " Do you think she ought to care so much about these accomplishments ? " " Oh , yes , " said Helen , " because they must learn to provide for themselves in after life , and they ...
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... give him ; but we must fly like the wind . " And so saying , after a hasty adieu , the cousins departed . Miss Wilson watched her young friends till they were out of sight ; and her sofa being placed near the window , which commanded a ...
... give him ; but we must fly like the wind . " And so saying , after a hasty adieu , the cousins departed . Miss Wilson watched her young friends till they were out of sight ; and her sofa being placed near the window , which commanded a ...
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... give her . I wonder whether she will allow me . I am well able to teach her children anything ; and it would be such a pleasure to me . Most truly can I tell her , that if she should feel herself indebted to me I shall consider myself ...
... give her . I wonder whether she will allow me . I am well able to teach her children anything ; and it would be such a pleasure to me . Most truly can I tell her , that if she should feel herself indebted to me I shall consider myself ...
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... gives me wings ! " " Dear child ! that is just what poetry ought to do . It ought to lift us up into a higher atmosphere , and give us a glimpse of the bright glory beyond , " " But all poetry does not do that , " WHO ARE THE HAPPY ONES ?
... gives me wings ! " " Dear child ! that is just what poetry ought to do . It ought to lift us up into a higher atmosphere , and give us a glimpse of the bright glory beyond , " " But all poetry does not do that , " WHO ARE THE HAPPY ONES ?
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Página 132 - For I have learned To look on Nature not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts...
Página 81 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Página 132 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Página 77 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Página 237 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent ! For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn, that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.