Mary M. Chase and Her WritingsTicknor and Fields, 1855 - 336 pages |
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Page 248 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn : Taught by that power that pities me, I learn to pity them : ' But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. ' Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 234 - I heard the angels call ; It was when the moon was setting, and the dark was over all ; The trees began to whisper, and the wind began to roll, And in the wild March-morning I heard them call my soul.
Page 341 - With Portrait. Price 75 cents. BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. Price 75 cents. MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. Price 75 cents. THE CAESARS. Price 75 cents. LITERARY REMINISCENCES. 2 Vols. Price $1.50. NARRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 2 Vols. Price $1.50. ESSAYS ON THE POETS, &c. 1 vol. 16mo. 75 cents. HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS. 2 vols.
Page xli - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 341 - In separate Volumes, each 75 cents. VOICES OF THE NIGHT. BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS. SPANISH STUDENT ; A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. BELFRY OF BRUGES, AND OTHER POEMS. EVANGELINE ; A TALE OF AcADIE.
Page 172 - Read the fresh annals of our land, the gathering dust of time Not yet has fallen on the scroll to dim the tale sublime; There woman's glory proudly shines, for willingly she gave Her costliest offerings, to uphold the generous and the brave, Who fought her country's battles well, and oft she periled life To save a father, brother, friend, in those dark years of strife.