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Page 227 - The appearance instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city— boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright In avenues disposed : there towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars — illumination of all gems...
Page 136 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Page 67 - LIFE. CIRCLES are praised, not that abound In largeness, but the exactly round : So life we praise that does excel Not in much time, but acting well.
Page 12 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Page 301 - it can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of Nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be fully and completely explained in all its circumstances, without a union of several, perhaps of all, the sciences.
Page 115 - makes the PAST or the FUTURE predominate over the present, exalts us in the scale of thinking beings.
Page 106 - There are, indeed, books and books, and there are books which, as Lamb said, are not books at all. It is wonderful how much innocent happiness we thoughtlessly throw away. An Eastern proverb says that calamities sent by heaven may be avoided, but from those we bring on ourselves there is no escape.
Page 270 - Before the Throne They stand illustrious 'mong the loudest harps, And will receive thee glad, my friend and theirs. For all are friends in heaven, all faithful friends ! And many friendships, in the days of Time Begun, are lasting here, and growing still ; So grows ours evermore, both theirs and mine.
Page 210 - Were my whole life to come one heap of troubles, The pleasure of this moment would suffice, And sweeten all my griefs with its remembrance.