An Autobiography, from My Youth Up: Personal ReminiscencesFleming Revell Company, 1909 - 332 pàgines |
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Pàgina 200 - O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN ! my Captain ! our fearful trip is done ; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring. But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies. Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain!
Pàgina 105 - The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Pàgina 201 - You've fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is...
Pàgina 105 - The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Pàgina 173 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Pàgina 201 - Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up! for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills...
Pàgina 315 - FATHER, I know that all my life Is portioned out for me, And the changes that are sure to come, I do not fear to see ; But I ask Thee for a present mind Intent on pleasing Thee.
Pàgina 234 - The angel took a sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, The man would be a boy again. And be a husband, too! "And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years.
Pàgina 315 - I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes ; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize.
Pàgina 170 - What means the Old Dominion? Hath she forgot the day When o'er her conquered valleys swept the Briton's steel array? How side by side, with sons of hers, the Massachusetts men Encountered Tarleton's charge of fire, and stout Cornwallis, then?