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Side 6
... heard the hum of the great city , I saw the smoke rising from a thousand palaces , I felt myself amid the haunts of busy men ; then turning myself round , every- thing seemed at once to vanish ; houses , and noise , and men ...
... heard the hum of the great city , I saw the smoke rising from a thousand palaces , I felt myself amid the haunts of busy men ; then turning myself round , every- thing seemed at once to vanish ; houses , and noise , and men ...
Side 13
... heard her building airy castles of future hap- piness , I knew it was impossible I could desert her , impossible that I should inflict such a wound on the peace of her gentle bosom . But every hour , as it flew on , was dragging me ...
... heard her building airy castles of future hap- piness , I knew it was impossible I could desert her , impossible that I should inflict such a wound on the peace of her gentle bosom . But every hour , as it flew on , was dragging me ...
Side 14
... heard her in silence ; in truth , I was deeply affected , for , by a strange and melan- choly coincidence , the day she proposed was the day which poor Ellen had formerly fixed for our marriage . From that moment a vague presenti- ment ...
... heard her in silence ; in truth , I was deeply affected , for , by a strange and melan- choly coincidence , the day she proposed was the day which poor Ellen had formerly fixed for our marriage . From that moment a vague presenti- ment ...
Side 20
... heard but the wind moaning among the trees - I daresay , however , this gloom pleased poor Gerald . The next day was the brightest and loveliest I had seen for a long time , and even the cottage seemed to participate in the liveliness ...
... heard but the wind moaning among the trees - I daresay , however , this gloom pleased poor Gerald . The next day was the brightest and loveliest I had seen for a long time , and even the cottage seemed to participate in the liveliness ...
Side 27
... heard on earth - and a drop , dropping , of blood , which increased to a gush - warm , as it fell on his face , blinding him , and saturating his shirt . Not a moment was now to be lost . He sprang again to the floor . He had been a ...
... heard on earth - and a drop , dropping , of blood , which increased to a gush - warm , as it fell on his face , blinding him , and saturating his shirt . Not a moment was now to be lost . He sprang again to the floor . He had been a ...
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Side 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Side 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Side 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Side 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Side 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Side 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Side 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.