Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli [her autobiography with mem. by various authors, ed. by W.H. Channing].

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Richard Bentley, publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1852
 

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Pàgina 301 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Pàgina 164 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Pàgina 2 - That bolden'd innocence bears in her eyes ; And her fair countenance, like a goodly banner, Spreads in defiance of all enemies. Was never in this world aught worthy tried, Without some spark of such self-pleasing pride.
Pàgina 42 - Orpheus must to the depths descend, For only thus the Poet can be wise, Must make the sad Persephone his friend, And buried love to second life arise; Again his love must lose through too much love, Must lose his life by living life too true, For what he sought below is passed above, Already done is all that he would do; Must tune all being with his single lyre...
Pàgina 85 - love best to be a woman ; but womanhood is at present ' too straitly-bounded to give me scope. At hours, I live ' truly as a woman ; at others, I should stifle ; as, on the ' other hand, I should palsy, when I would play the ' artist.' HEROISM. These practical problems Margaret had to entertain and to solve the best way she could. She says truly ' there was none to take up her burden whilst she slept. But she was formed for action, and addressed herself quite simply to her part. She was a woman,...
Pàgina 4 - Rudely thou wrongest my dear heart's desire, in finding fault with her too portly pride: the thing which I do most in her admire is of the world unworthy most envied.
Pàgina 213 - A Shape all light, which with one hand did fling Dew on the earth, as if she were the dawn, And the invisible rain did ever sing "A silver music on the mossy lawn...
Pàgina 221 - In stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free? — I would he were nobler Than to love me.
Pàgina 27 - J'aime le son du Cor, le soir, au fond des bois, Soit qu'il chante les pleurs de la biche aux abois, Ou l'adieu du chasseur que l'écho faible accueille, Et que le vent du nord porte de feuille en feuille.

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