A Step from the New World to the Old, and Back Again: With Thoughts on the Good and Evil in Both, Volym 2Appleton, 1852 |
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Sida 12
... faces , they are very civil and obliging in their man- ners ; but they appear like beings who seldom know pleasure , whose lives are an unintermitted toil which yields them little , -a hard struggle for a bare subsistence - a life of ...
... faces , they are very civil and obliging in their man- ners ; but they appear like beings who seldom know pleasure , whose lives are an unintermitted toil which yields them little , -a hard struggle for a bare subsistence - a life of ...
Sida 14
... faces , the mists of night , too , began to vanish from our spirits , and the sense of pleasurable existence to revive . Then as we wound our way through the rich verdant champagne , where villas and towns were rushing into view ...
... faces , the mists of night , too , began to vanish from our spirits , and the sense of pleasurable existence to revive . Then as we wound our way through the rich verdant champagne , where villas and towns were rushing into view ...
Sida 21
... faces of the happy pair ! Hopes realized , joy overflowing , brighter hopes awakening , more ten- der joys in store , pure delight as of an opening heaven without a dream of sorrow ! 22 COURSE OF HUMAN LIFE . In the fourth picture.
... faces of the happy pair ! Hopes realized , joy overflowing , brighter hopes awakening , more ten- der joys in store , pure delight as of an opening heaven without a dream of sorrow ! 22 COURSE OF HUMAN LIFE . In the fourth picture.
Sida 55
... face , of polished manners , and quite a man of the world , notwithstanding his gown and skull- cap , was one of our party . It was his first visit to the shrine . Well , how did he act ? Like a very sensible man : he took it all quite ...
... face , of polished manners , and quite a man of the world , notwithstanding his gown and skull- cap , was one of our party . It was his first visit to the shrine . Well , how did he act ? Like a very sensible man : he took it all quite ...
Sida 73
... face still in death . From Rolandsech to Remagen the road on the banks of the Rhine winds along the edge of the water and appears to be cut into the rock . Near Remagen the beautiful Gothic Church of Apollinarisberg comes into view upon ...
... face still in death . From Rolandsech to Remagen the road on the banks of the Rhine winds along the edge of the water and appears to be cut into the rock . Near Remagen the beautiful Gothic Church of Apollinarisberg comes into view upon ...
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A Step from the New World to the Old, and Back Again: With Thoughts ..., Volym 2 Henry Philip Tappan Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
A Step from the New World to the Old, and Back Again: With Thoughts ..., Volym 2 Henry Philip Tappan Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
A Step from the New World to the Old, and Back Again: With Thoughts ..., Volym 2 Henry Philip Tappan Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1852 |
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Sida 130 - At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Sida 130 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Sida 71 - The river nobly foams and flows, The charm of this enchanted ground, And all its thousand turns disclose Some fresher beauty varying round : The haughtiest breast its wish might bound Through life to dwell delighted here ; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine ! LVI. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath...
Sida 126 - As with a wedge. But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought ; entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone.
Sida 38 - Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poisonous snake.
Sida 125 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Sida 127 - Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Sida 39 - ... excluded from participation in the blessings which she bestowed. But to those who, in spite of her loathsome aspect, pitied and protected her, she afterwards revealed herself in the beautiful and celestial form which was natural to her, accompanied their steps, granted all their wishes, filled their houses with wealth, made them happy in love and victorious in war.
Sida 125 - Are not the mountains, waves, and skies, a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them ? Is not the love of these deep in my heart With a pure passion?
Sida 81 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.