Concord DaysRoberts Brothers, 1872 - 276 pages |
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... better than any of Aristophanes ; apples wilder than Adam's . His senses seemed double , giving him access to secrets not easily read by others ; in sagacity resembling that of the beaver , the bee , the dog , the deer ; an instinct for ...
... better than any of Aristophanes ; apples wilder than Adam's . His senses seemed double , giving him access to secrets not easily read by others ; in sagacity resembling that of the beaver , the bee , the dog , the deer ; an instinct for ...
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... better poised and more nearly self - reliant than other men . " The happy man who lived content With his own town , his continent , Whose chiding streams its banks did curb As ocean circumscribes its orb , Round which , when he his walk ...
... better poised and more nearly self - reliant than other men . " The happy man who lived content With his own town , his continent , Whose chiding streams its banks did curb As ocean circumscribes its orb , Round which , when he his walk ...
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... better title to a spot of ground than being a man , and having none ? Is not man superior to state or country ? I plead exemption from all interference by men or states with my individ- ual prerogatives . That is mine which none can ...
... better title to a spot of ground than being a man , and having none ? Is not man superior to state or country ? I plead exemption from all interference by men or states with my individ- ual prerogatives . That is mine which none can ...
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... Better the quiet tem- per that takes the days as they pass , and as if an eter- nity were vouchsafed for completing one's task , the time too short to waste in murmurs or postponements . " Cares , like eclipses , darken our endeavors ...
... Better the quiet tem- per that takes the days as they pass , and as if an eter- nity were vouchsafed for completing one's task , the time too short to waste in murmurs or postponements . " Cares , like eclipses , darken our endeavors ...
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... Better , the linked purpose of the whole , And , chiefest prize , found I true liberty In the glad home plain - dealing nature gave . The polite found me impolite ; the great Would mortify me , but in vain ; for still I am a willow of ...
... Better , the linked purpose of the whole , And , chiefest prize , found I true liberty In the glad home plain - dealing nature gave . The polite found me impolite ; the great Would mortify me , but in vain ; for still I am a willow of ...
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Page 93 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 94 - The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ?
Page 79 - And teach her fair steps tread our Earth ; Till that divine Idea, take a shrine Of crystal flesh, through which to shine ; Meet you her, my wishes, Bespeak her to my blisses, And be ye call'd, my absent kisses.
Page 93 - The woman answered, and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband ; 18 For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly.
Page 94 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ : when he is come he will tell us all things.
Page 54 - ... to be sought in the common intercourse of life, among those who speak only to be understood, without ambition of elegance.
Page 142 - And many a mystic thing, Which the divine embraces Of the dear Spouse of Spirits with them will bring, For which it is no shame That dull mortality must not know a name...
Page 82 - Life, that dares send A challenge to his end. And when it comes, say, "Welcome, friend !" Sydneian showers Of sweet discourse, whose powers Can crown old Winter's head with flowers.
Page 81 - Smiles, that can warm The blood, yet teach a charm, That chastity shall take no harm. Blushes, that bin The burnish of no sin, Nor flames of aught too hot within. Joys, that confess Virtue their mistress, And have no other head to dress.
Page 35 - ... quality of pear or plum Ascends as gladly in a single tree As in broad orchards resonant with bees; And every atom poises for itself, And for the whole. The gentle deities Showed me the lore of colors and of sounds, 60 The innumerable tenements of beauty, The miracle of generative force, Far-reaching concords of astronomy Felt in the plants and in the punctual birds ; Better, the linked purpose of the whole.