Gleanings from Merrimac ValleyHoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1881 - 128 Seiten |
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Amesbury angel April 14 Arthur Browne Atkinson Academy beautiful bless blest breath brow buried child childhood clouds Countess crown dead dear death doth dream dwell E'en e'er earth East Haverhill exiles eyes fade fair father female fiery furnace fled flowers friends glory golden grace grave Greenwood cemetery grief Guadaloupe happy Harriet Livermore harvest Hast thou hath hear heart Heaven heavenly hope HYMN Jerusalem jewels kindly kingdom land leaves life's live lone looked Lord love the woods loving band memories Merrimac Miss mother mourn ne'er neath never Newburyport night o'er Perchance Peter The Hermit pleasant poem poet Portsmouth praise prayers pupils Quaker river roll scenes shadow sheaves sing sketch sleeps Snow Bound song soon sorrow soul sounding sea spirit sweet strains sweetly tears Temperance thee thine thou hast to-day tree Twas Twill village village maid waves weary West Newbury Whittier
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Seite 6 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T...
Seite 34 - What forged her cruel chain of moods, What set her feet in solitudes, And held the love within her mute, What mingled madness in the blood, A life-long discord and annoy, Water of tears with oil of joy, And hid within the folded bud Perversities of flower and fruit. It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will and fate...
Seite 95 - Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die.
Seite 6 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Seite 40 - Has poured her softest tint of light; And there is a blending of white and blue, Where the purple blood is melting through The snow of her pale and tender cheek; And...
Seite 1 - STREAM of my fathers! sweetly still The sunset rays thy valley fill; Poured slantwise down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath them smile. I see the winding Powow fold The green hill in its belt of gold, And following down its wavy line, Its sparkling waters blend with thine.
Seite 23 - She was frequently at our home, and at one time had an idea of becoming a member of the Society of Friends ; but an unlucky outburst of rage, resulting in a blow, at a Friend's house in Amesbury, did not encourage us to seek her membership. She was naturally religious, and I have no doubt, tried hard to overcome her naturally passionate disposition.
Seite 30 - At one time we find her in Egypt, giving our late consul, Mr. Thayer, a world of trouble arising from her peculiar notions . At another time we see her amid the gray olive slopes of Jerusalem, demanding- -not begging-- money for the "Great King...
Seite 31 - Thereupon Harriet Livermore gave a most emphatic ' No,' and declared, with foreknowledge and aplomb, that ' the Great King will ride this horse, and it is I who, as his bride, will at his second coming ride the other horse.
Seite 40 - The snow of her pale and tender cheek ; And there are tones that sweetly speak Of a spirit who longs for a purer day, And is ready to wing her flight away.
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