A Remoir of S.S. Prentiss, Volume 1 |
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Page 221 - Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! And this is in the night : most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for
Page 48 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away.
Page 47 - It was a barren scene and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled, But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall.
Page 24 - From among these laughing children will go forth the men who are to control the destinies of their age and country ; the statesman whose wisdom is to guide the Senate — the poet who will take captive the hearts of the people and bind them together with immortal song — the philosopher who, boldly seizing upon the elements themselves, will compel them to his wishes and through...
Page 189 - Legislature, and apportioned among the several counties, cities or towns entitled to separate representation, according to the number of free white inhabitants in each, and shall not be less than thirty-six nor more than one hundred ; Provided, however, That each county shall always be entitled to at least one Representative.
Page 221 - 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 ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers from her misty shroud Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud...
Page 146 - Freedom, weeping for her favorite son, will tell you in strains sadder than those with which she "shrieked when Kosciusko fell," that Lafayette — the gallant and the good — has ceased to live. The friend and companion of Washington is no more. He who taught the eagle of our country, while yet unfledged, to plume his young wing and mate his talons with the lion's strength, has taken his flight far beyond the stars, beneath whose influence he fought so well. Lafayette is dead ! The gallant ship,...
Page 48 - To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar guest, Whose life and manners well could paint Alike the student and the saint ; Alas...
Page 189 - SEC. 6. The number of Senators shall, at the several periods of making the enumeration, before mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the several Counties...
Page 151 - Freedom — the advocate of human rights — the defender of civil liberty — the patriot and the philanthropist — the beloved of the good and the free. Napoleon — the vanquished warrior, ignobly flying from the field of Waterloo, the wild beast, ravaging all Europe in his wrath, hunted down by the banded and affrighted nations and caged far away upon an ocean-girded rock. Lafayette — a watchword by which men excite each other to deeds of worth and noble daring; whose home has become the mecca...