The Manhattan and de la Salle MonthlyNew York Catholic Protectory, 1875 |
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Page 226 - The garland» wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleed». All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell
Page 58 - Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal
Page 228 - Come, my Corinna, come; and coming, marke How each field turns a street, each street a parke Made green, and trimm'd with trees ; see how Devotion gives each house a bough, Or branch ; each porch, each doore, ere this, An arke, or tabernacle
Page 20 - ginhouse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below ! How she caught the contagion I cannot tell : you medical people talk much of infection from breathing the same air, the touch, etc., but I never expressly said I loved her. Indeed, I did not know
Page 20 - harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious rattan when I looked and fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle stings and thistles. Among her other loveinspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favorite reel to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Page 229 - her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May ! that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale both
Page 33 - that the Declaration passed on the 4th be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of 'The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America ; ' and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of the Congress." This was the first order for signing the Declaration.
Page 296 - more real happiness in one month with you at home than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Page 20 - why I liked so much to loiter behind with her, •when returning in the evening from our labors ; why the tones of her voice made my heartstrings thrill like an Eoliau harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious rattan when I looked and fingered over her little hand
Page 172 - .an April day:— This day Dame Nature seemed in love, The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their Valentines. The jealous trout that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; Already were the eaves