Women of the South Distinguished in Literature ...

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Derby & Jackson, 1861 - American literature - 499 pages
 

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Page 194 - And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless Power And inaccessible Majesty. Ah ! why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised...
Page 20 - Glides through the pathways; she knows all their notes, That gentle Maid! and oft, a moment's space, What time the moon was lost behind a cloud, Hath heard a pause of silence; till the moon Emerging, hath awakened earth and sky With one sensation, and those wakeful birds Have all burst forth in choral minstrelsy, As if some sudden gale had swept at once A hundred airy harps!
Page 197 - For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night.
Page 199 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my heacl, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 44 - Humour can prevail, When Airs, and Flights, and Screams, and Scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty Eyes may roll ; Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the Soul.
Page 392 - Pour forth to thee their strains of love, When, trembling on uplifted plumes, They leave the earth and soar above ; We hear their sweet, familiar airs Where'er a sunny spot is found ; How lovely is a life like theirs, Diffusing sweetness all around ! From clime to clime, from pole to pole, Their sweetest anthems softly roll, Till, melting on the realms of air, Thy still, small voice seems whispering there.
Page 104 - So much the greater reason that nobody should suspect your circumstances, or you would lose your credit at once. Just at this crisis a ball is absolutely necessary to save your reputation! There is Mrs. Adolphus...
Page 469 - To mark thy strength each hour decay, And yet thy hopes grow stronger, As filled with heavenward trust, they say, Earth may not claim thee longer ; Nay, dearest, 'tis too much — this heart Must break when thou art gone ; It must not be ; we may not part ; I could not live " alone !
Page 105 - ... Tiffany! I told you that he was a rich, old farmer — the early friend of my father — my own benefactor — and that I had reason to think he might assist me in my present embarrassments. Your civility was bought — and like most of your own purchases has yet to be paid for.
Page 396 - Or the storm-cloud whose lance of lightning sunders The solid oak ? — or even thine awful thunders, Niagara ! Hark ! hear ye not those echoes ringing after Our gliding steps — my spirit faints with fear — Those mocking tones, like subterranean laughter — Or does the brain grow wild with wandering here ! There may be spectres wild and forms appalling Our wandering eyes, where'er we rove, to greet — Methinks I hear their low sad voices calling Upon us now, and far away the falling Of phantom...

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