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... turned to law . In a few months , however , another editorial position came to him — on the staff of the Evening Post . In 1829 he became editor - in - chief , continuing in that capacity until his death forty - nine years later ...
... turned to law . In a few months , however , another editorial position came to him — on the staff of the Evening Post . In 1829 he became editor - in - chief , continuing in that capacity until his death forty - nine years later ...
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... turning - point in Matthew Arnold's famous essay . " We have not in Emerson , " says Arnold , trying him by the high- est , the world's standards , " a great poet , a great writer , a great philosophy - maker . His relation to us is not ...
... turning - point in Matthew Arnold's famous essay . " We have not in Emerson , " says Arnold , trying him by the high- est , the world's standards , " a great poet , a great writer , a great philosophy - maker . His relation to us is not ...
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... turned aside to enforce moral lessons or bring in collateral matters . The Titmouse and The Snowstorm , The Humble - Bee and the mountain Monadnoc , the rivulet Musketaquid and The Sea- shore , indicate his interest in the whole compass ...
... turned aside to enforce moral lessons or bring in collateral matters . The Titmouse and The Snowstorm , The Humble - Bee and the mountain Monadnoc , the rivulet Musketaquid and The Sea- shore , indicate his interest in the whole compass ...
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... turned from the fairest career in literature to tread the thorny path of politics because he believed that duty led the way , and that good citizens were needed more than good romancers . " To this it may be added that his influence as ...
... turned from the fairest career in literature to tread the thorny path of politics because he believed that duty led the way , and that good citizens were needed more than good romancers . " To this it may be added that his influence as ...
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... turned to the occupation he had always longed for- literature . Attained great success in his chosen line . Best novel , perhaps , is Hugh Wynne , a story of the Revolution . Died in Philadelphia . Murfree , MaRY NOAILLES ( 1850 ) ; pen ...
... turned to the occupation he had always longed for- literature . Attained great success in his chosen line . Best novel , perhaps , is Hugh Wynne , a story of the Revolution . Died in Philadelphia . Murfree , MaRY NOAILLES ( 1850 ) ; pen ...
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Page 148 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Page 142 - Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not...
Page 144 - thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us— by that God we both adore — Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 142 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Page 93 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 91 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings, yet the dead are there...
Page 309 - For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain ! dear father ! This arm beneath your head ! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 144 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted— nevermore!
Page 91 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 37 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.