The Maid of the RiverJ. Long, 1905 - 418 pàgines |
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Pàgina 48 - Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter — and the Bird is on the Wing.
Pàgina 198 - I N. take thee N. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.
Pàgina 382 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.
Pàgina 92 - Where the pelican builds her nest!" They had told us of pastures wide and green, To be sought past the sunset's glow; Of rifts in the ranges by opal lit; And gold 'neath the river's flow. And thirst and hunger were banished words When they spoke of that unknown West; No drought they dreaded, no flood they feared. Where the pelican builds her nest! The...
Pàgina 212 - there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it...
Pàgina 91 - The horses were ready, the rails were down, But the riders lingered still, — One had a parting word to say, And one had his pipe to fill. Then they mounted, one with a granted prayer, And one with a grief unguessed. 'We are going' they said, as they rode away — 'Where the pelican builds her nest!
Pàgina 25 - Like many another young Australian, bred in the ,backblocks, he was a splendid, kindly, honest creature, full of pluck and common sense, but not remarkable for the finer qualities of intellect or emotion.
Pàgina 222 - For as long as I live, I shall never be able to forget the desperation in his eyes.