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Page 260 - Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, And Innocence, thy sister dear? Mistaken long, I sought you then In busy companies of men. Your sacred plants, if here below, Only among the plants will grow; Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude.
Page 5 - He of the rose, the violet, the spring, The social smile, the chain for Freedom's sake : And lo ! whose steadfastness would never take A meaner sound than Raphael's whispering. And other spirits there are standing apart Upon the forehead of the age to come ; These, these will give the world another heart, And other pulses. Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings ? Listen awhile, ye nations, and be dumb.
Page 228 - Let those who wish to continue the war against the stranger, come with me. I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions ; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles, and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not with his lips only, follow me.
Page 96 - Mazzini for a series of years ; and whatever I may think of his practical insight and skill in worldly affairs, I can with great freedom testify to all men that he, if I have ever seen one such, is a man of genius and virtue, a man of sterling veracity, humanity, and nobleness of mind, one of those rare men, numerable unfortunately but as units in this world, who are worthy to be called martyr souls ; who in silence, piously in their daily life, understand and practise what is meant by that.
Page 313 - The pulse of the tide of the sea. And up on the yellow cliff The long corn flickers and shakes ; Push, for the wind holds stiff, And the gunwale dips and rakes. Good hap to the fresh fierce weather, The quiver and beat of the sea ! While three men hold together, The kingdoms are less by three. Out to the sea with her there, Out with her over the sand, Let the kings keep the earth for their share ! We have done with the sharers of land.
Page 90 - I entered the city one evening, early in March, with a deep sense of awe, almost of worship. Rome was to me, as in spite of her present degradation, she still is, the temple of Humanity.
Page 137 - When the troop halted to encamp, or to take some repose, while the soldiers piled their arms, we used to be surprised to see officers, the general himself included, leap down from their horses, and attend to the wants of their own steeds. When these operations were concluded, they opened their saddles, which were made so as to be unrolled, and to form a small kind of 'tent, and their personal arrangements were then completed.
Page 196 - I had no idea before, how terrible gunshot-wounds and wound-fever are, — yet I have taken pleasure, and great pleasure, in being with the men ; there is scarcely one who is not moved by a noble spirit. Many, especially among the Lombards, are the flower of the Italian youth. When they begin to get better, I carry them books and flowers; they read, and we talk. The palace of the Pope, on the Quirinal, is now used for convalescents. In those beautiful gardens, I walk with them, — one with his sling,...
Page 343 - Since the appearance of the first edition of this book I have been fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of Miss Forbes, the only remaining daughter of Colonel Hugh Forbes.
Page 343 - Government which you represent, and that you will maintain the dignity and honour of England by expressing openly and decidedly the disgust which such pro-ceedings excite in the public mind in this country ; and that you will not allow the Austrians to imagine that the public opinion of England is to be gathered from articles put into the ' Times ' by Austrian agents in London, nor from the purchased support of the