Horae Subsecivae, Volum 1

Portada
D. Douglas, 1885

Des de l'interior del llibre

Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot

Frases i termes més freqüents

Passatges populars

Pàgina lx - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Pàgina 293 - Happy those early days, when I Shined in my angel-infancy ! Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught...
Pàgina iii - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Pàgina 142 - One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Pàgina 289 - And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream...
Pàgina 137 - And now to that same spot, in the south of Spain, are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Dumdrudge, in like manner wending; till at length after infinite effort the two parties come into actual juxtaposition; and Thirty stands fronting Thirty, each with a gun in his hand. Straightway the word
Pàgina 300 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Pàgina 296 - I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great Ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled.
Pàgina 321 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Pàgina 303 - ... shower! When thou dost shine, Darkness looks white and fair, Forms turn to music, clouds to smiles and air; Rain gently spends his honey-drops, and pours Balm on the cleft earth, milk on grass and flowers. Bright pledge of peace and sunshine! the sure tie Of thy Lord's hand, the object of His eye!

Informació bibliogràfica