Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Volume 47

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J.B. Lippincott Company, 1891
 

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Page 238 - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 524 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 377 - I find incomparable things, said incomparably well, as they must be. I find the courage of treatment which so delights us, and which large perception only can inspire, " I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which yet must have had a long foreground somewhere, for such a start.
Page 403 - Two men I honour, and no third. First, the toilworn Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard Hand; crooked, coarse; wherein notwithstanding lies a cunning virtue indefeasibly royal, as of the Sceptre of this Planet. Venerable too is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its rude intelligence; for it is the face of a Man living manlike.
Page 97 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored (Isa.
Page 97 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 61 - Her folded wings as of a mighty eagle, But all too impotent to lift the regal Robustness of her earth-born strength and pride; And...
Page 377 - I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed — I give you joy of your free and brave thought.
Page 607 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 323 - Or ounce or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were.

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