The hidden path, by Marion Harland, Volume 18 |
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Page 205 - Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories filled ! Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 28 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 56 - For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.
Page 51 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 241 - The author's motive in the above work is to convey as much real information on the subjects treated on as he could compass; his descriptions are, therefore.real descriptions, his anecdotes real anecdotes.