A series of lessons, in prose and verse, progessively arranged [ed.] by J.M. M'CullochJames Melville M'Culloch 1831 |
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... 149 Lines suggested by a beautiful Statue of a Dead Child , .. ............ .... Mrs A. Watts ,. ..153 The Sunbeam , ............... . ........ Mrs Hemans , .. .158 Signs of Rain , ............ . ..Dr Jenner , .. ... 160 Britain , ..
... 149 Lines suggested by a beautiful Statue of a Dead Child , .. ............ .... Mrs A. Watts ,. ..153 The Sunbeam , ............... . ........ Mrs Hemans , .. .158 Signs of Rain , ............ . ..Dr Jenner , .. ... 160 Britain , ..
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... beautiful rivulet ! It is now so small that you can dam it up with your hands . But follow its windings for a few miles , and you will find it swelled to a great river . Here there is scarcely wa- ter to float the paper - boat of a ...
... beautiful rivulet ! It is now so small that you can dam it up with your hands . But follow its windings for a few miles , and you will find it swelled to a great river . Here there is scarcely wa- ter to float the paper - boat of a ...
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... peruse . MAY . THE SEASONS . WHO is this beautiful virgin that approaches , clothed in a robe of light green ? She has a garland of flowers on her head , and flowers spring up wherever she sets SECT . I. A SERIES OF LESSONS .
... peruse . MAY . THE SEASONS . WHO is this beautiful virgin that approaches , clothed in a robe of light green ? She has a garland of flowers on her head , and flowers spring up wherever she sets SECT . I. A SERIES OF LESSONS .
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... beautiful virgin ? If ye have , tell me who she is , and what is her name . Who is this that cometh from the south , thinly clad in a light transparent garment ? Her breath is hot and sul- try ; she seeks the refreshment of the cool ...
... beautiful virgin ? If ye have , tell me who she is , and what is her name . Who is this that cometh from the south , thinly clad in a light transparent garment ? Her breath is hot and sul- try ; she seeks the refreshment of the cool ...
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... beautiful green and blue , with some orange colour . It was somewhat less than a thrush , and had a large head and bill , and a short tail . Mr A. I can tell you what that bird was , - -8 king- fisher , the celebrated halcyon of the ...
... beautiful green and blue , with some orange colour . It was somewhat less than a thrush , and had a large head and bill , and a short tail . Mr A. I can tell you what that bird was , - -8 king- fisher , the celebrated halcyon of the ...
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Página 211 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Página 211 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Página 62 - Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom, and offerings divine ? Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine ? 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would His favor secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to GOD are the prayers of the poor.
Página 212 - King is come to marshal us, in all his armor drest, And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye ; He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout,
Página 61 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ! Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid...
Página 213 - Ho ! maidens of Vienna ; ho ! matrons of Lucerne ; Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. Ho ! Philip, send, for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls.
Página 49 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 74 - THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land ! The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Página 211 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's...
Página 210 - No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet— But hark!— that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than> before! Arm! Arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar!