Hidden fields
Books Books
" ... when, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, and woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream my twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. "
Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta ... - Page 173
by Reginald Heber - 1829
Full view - About this book

Bishop Heber, Poet and Chief Missionary to the East: Second Lord Bishop of ...

George Smith - 1895 - 418 pages
...the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. " I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon to cheer ; But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek...duty leads, My course be onward still ; O'er broad Hindoostan's sultry meads, O'er bleak Almora's hill. MR. GLADSTONE'S LATIN TRANSLATION " Tu modo dux,tu...
Full view - About this book

The Four Georges: Sketches and Travels in London

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 420 pages
...the lamp's pale beam I miss thee by my side. " I spread my books, my pencil try, the lingering noon to cheer; But miss thy kind approving eye, thy meek...distant far, thy prayers ascend for me. " Then on I then on ! where duty leads my course be onward still, — O'er broad Hindostan's sultry meads, o'er...
Full view - About this book

The four Georges. Sketches and travels in London

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 408 pages
...the lamp's pale beam I miss thee by my side. " I spread my books, my pencil try, the lingering noon to cheer ; But miss thy kind approving eye, thy meek...knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, thy prayers aaceud for me. " Then on I then on ! where duty leads my course be onward still, — O'er broad Hindostan's...
Full view - About this book

The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

1896 - 1224 pages
...spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty? r. ANNA KATHARINE GBEEN — On the Threshold. ircle My neck in their tender embrace Oh, the smiles that are ha 1. BISHOP HEBER — Journal. I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty ; I woke, and found that life...
Full view - About this book

Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 656 pages
...the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try. The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek...then on; where duty leads, My course be onward still, On broad Hindostan's sultry meads, O'er black Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi's kingly gates...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 7

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 824 pages
...beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee by my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, the lingering noon to cheer ; But miss thy kind approving eye, thy meek...attentive ear. But when of morn and eve the star beholds mo on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, thy prayers ascend for me. Then on ! then on !...
Full view - About this book

The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 13

John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 582 pages
...the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when of morn and eve the star Behold me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Thy prayers ascend for me. Then on! then...
Full view - About this book

The Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon Stretch'd at its ease the beast I view'd, And saw it eat the air for food." — On broad Hindostan's sultry meads, O'er black Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi's kingly gates...
Full view - About this book

The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 11

1901 - 628 pages
...the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try, The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek...me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Then on — then on ; where duty leads, My course be onward still, On broad Hindostan's sultry meads,...
Full view - About this book

The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 16

Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 470 pages
...ear. But when of morn and eve the star Beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, Then on — then on ; where duty leads, My course be onward still, On broad Hindostan's sultry meads, O'er black Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi's kingly gates...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF