The Sunbeam

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John P. Jewett, 1855 - Broj stranica: 136
 

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Stranica 26 - The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and nothing else stirred in the room. The old, old fashion! The fashion that came in with our first garments, and will last unchanged until our race has run its course, and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion — Death!
Stranica 41 - Yes, but the waves seem ever Singing the same, sad thing ; And vain is my weak endeavor, To guess what the surges sing. What is that voice repeating Ever, by night and day ? Is it a friendly greeting, Or a warning that calls away...
Stranica 40 - PAUL. WHAT are the wild waves saying, Sister, the whole day long, That ever, amid our playing, I hear but their low, lone song ? Not by the sea-side only, There it sounds wild and free ; But at night, when 'tis dark and lonely, In dreams it is still with me. FLORENCE. Brother, I hear no singing ; 'Tis but the rolling wave, Ever its lone course winging Over some ocean cave ; 'Tis but the noise of water Dashing against the shore, And the wind from some bleaker quarter, Mingling with its roar.
Stranica 40 - Tis but the noise of water Dashing against the shore, And the wind, from some bleaker quarter, Mingling with its roar." No, no I it is something greater That speaks to the heart alone : The voice of the great Creator Dwells in that mighty tone...
Stranica 41 - No, it is something greater That speaks to the heart alone ; The voice of the great Creator Dwells in that mighty tone ! PAUL.
Stranica 4 - Congress, in the year 1855, by JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Stranica 40 - What is that voice repeating Ever by night and day ? Is it a friendly greeting, Or a warning that calls away? " Brother, the inland mountain, Hath it not voice and sound ? Speaks not the dripping fountain As it bedews the ground ? E'en by the household ingle, Curtained and closed and warm, Do not our voices mingle With those of the distant storm ? * Yes ; but there's something greater That speaks to the heart...
Stranica 63 - That bore them about in the air. 0 mother, I cannot forget the smile, That beamed from their heaven-blue eyes ! And I felt for them all such unspeakable love, That I longed in my heart for the wings of a dove, That I might fly up to the regions above, And dwell ever blest in the skies.
Stranica 119 - While thou'st been pulling flowers within the forest green ! O beautiful thy blossoms, that soft winds light caress, But a sweeter flower has opened, thy mother's heart to bless. It fades not with the summer, it smiles 'mid sun and storms, It fills her humble cottage with smile-light bright and warm.
Stranica 118 - And if thou'st e'er been present at the fairies' gay levee ; They tell me that at morning, when dew lies on each flower, And birds are singing gaily, 'tis the fairies

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