The Prodigal SonA. L. Burt, 1904 - 408 pàgines |
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Pàgina 304 - 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 124 - Yet Ah, that Spring should vanish with the Rose ! That Youth's sweet-scented manuscript should close! The Nightingale that in the branches sang, Ah whence, and whither flown again, who knows!
Pàgina 6 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I'll not ask for wine...
Pàgina 307 - 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 42 - " 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,
Pàgina 65 - But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.
Pàgina 110 - O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance Of tender charity and steadfast faith. Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endurance, With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.
Pàgina 110 - 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 169 - For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest.