The Prodigal SonA. L. Burt, 1904 - 426 pàgines |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 8 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Pàgina 318 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Pàgina 117 - Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow ; Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife, And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow That dawns upon eternal love and life.
Pàgina 117 - O PERFECT Love, all human thought transcending, Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne, That theirs may be the love that knows no ending, Whom Thou for evermore dost join in one.
Pàgina 321 - One Moment in Annihilation's Waste. One Moment, of the Well of Life to taste— The Stars are setting and the Caravan Starts for the Dawn of Nothing— Oh, make haste!
Pàgina 1 - There was a Door to which I found no Key; There was a Veil past which I could not see: Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE There seemed — and then no more of THEE and ME.
Pàgina 45 - Don't ask me that, Magnus." " But I do ask you, Thora. I have a right to ask you. Do you love Oscar?" " I admire and esteem him, Magnus." " But do you love him ? " " Everybody loves Oscar." " Do you love him, Thora ? " " Yes," said Thora softly, and for some moments after that there was no sound in the room but the ticking of the clock. " Then, as he loves you, and wishes to marry you, it is your duty to marry him," said Magnus. " But I have given my word to you, Magnus.
Pàgina 179 - And we, that now make merry in the Room They left, and Summer dresses in new Bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the Couch of Earth Descend, ourselves to make a Couch — for whom?
Pàgina 70 - Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.