The Discontented Robins: And Other Stories, for the YoungCharles Fox, 1847 - 131 pàgines |
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Pàgina 103 - Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom...
Pàgina 10 - What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ; They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.
Pàgina 130 - Would there have linger'd ; flush'd her cheek to pain If met by sudden glance ; and gave a tone Of sorrow, as for something lovely gone, Even to the spring's glad voice. Her own was low And plaintive ! — Oh ! there lie such depths of woe In a young blighted spirit ! Manhood rears A haughty brow ; and Age has done with tears ; But Youth bows down to mis'ry, in amaze At the dark cloud o'ermantling its fresh days, — And thus it was with her.
Pàgina 62 - JAMES. fishing, found the little green boat, and brought it to its owner. On the afternoon of the third day, a gentleman, who had been down the river in a boat, came back with the body of the lost child. He had found it, about three miles from the town, among some bushes on a small island. Many hearts ached as they looked on the body of poor James, who, but a few days before, was so full of health and joy.
Pàgina 101 - midst Italian flowers, The last of that bright band. And parted thus, they rest who play'd Beneath the same green tree, Whose voices mingled as they pray'd Around one parent knee ! They that with smiles lit up the hall, And cheer'd with song the hearth — Alas for love, if thou wert all, And nought beyond on earth ! The fixet's Bridal BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.
Pàgina 58 - I might get into that boat," he thought, " and sit there, and watch the geese ; that would be beautiful. I wonder why mother is so afraid to have me go near the water ; it could not do me any harm to just step into the boat.
Pàgina 57 - It was a very pleasant morning ; the birds were singing in all the trees, and the " busy bees " were flying from flower to flower, dipping in their heads for the sweet honey, and buzzing away, to each other, about the bright sunshine ; the tall trees, on each side of the road, were whispering, as they bent their high heads, to the warm, soft wind ; and the little boy's heart was full of happiness. Presently, a...
Pàgina 57 - He was a merry, frolicsome little fellow, and, as he went along, he stopped, every moment or two, to pick the wild flowers which grew on the side of the road, or ran after a butterfly. It was a...
Pàgina 59 - James /aughed heartily to see their fright. But the rapid river did not let the boat stay long in one spot, but hurried it along. All this while, James's mother thought him .safe at school.