The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose and Poetry, Illustrating the National Ideals of Freedom, Faith, and ConductEdwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford |
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... fall . Hold , take this book , peruse it thoroughly : [ Gives book . The iterating of these lines brings gold ; The framing of this circle on the ground Brings whirlwinds , tempests , thunder , and lightning : Pronounce this thrice ...
... fall . Hold , take this book , peruse it thoroughly : [ Gives book . The iterating of these lines brings gold ; The framing of this circle on the ground Brings whirlwinds , tempests , thunder , and lightning : Pronounce this thrice ...
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... fall on me , And hide me from the heavy wrath of God ! No , No ! Then will I headlong run into the earth : Earth , gape ! O , no , it will not harbor me ! You stars that reign'd at my nativity , Whose influence hath allotted death and ...
... fall on me , And hide me from the heavy wrath of God ! No , No ! Then will I headlong run into the earth : Earth , gape ! O , no , it will not harbor me ! You stars that reign'd at my nativity , Whose influence hath allotted death and ...
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... fall into the ocean , ne'er be found ! Enter Devils My God , my God , look not so fierce on me ! Adders and serpents , let me breathe a while ! Ugly hell , gape not ! come not , Lucifer ! I'll burn my books ! -Ah , Mephistophilis ...
... fall into the ocean , ne'er be found ! Enter Devils My God , my God , look not so fierce on me ! Adders and serpents , let me breathe a while ! Ugly hell , gape not ! come not , Lucifer ! I'll burn my books ! -Ah , Mephistophilis ...
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... fall ; Thenceforth she sought for helps to cloke her crime withall . 46 There , as in glistring glory she did sitt , She held a great gold chaine ylincked well , Whose upper end to highest heven was knitt , And lower part did reach to ...
... fall ; Thenceforth she sought for helps to cloke her crime withall . 46 There , as in glistring glory she did sitt , She held a great gold chaine ylincked well , Whose upper end to highest heven was knitt , And lower part did reach to ...
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... fall away To that they were , even to corrupted clay : That golden wire , those sparkling stars so bright , Shall ... falls that many a gentle mind Dwells in deformed tabernacle drowned , Either by chance , against the course of kind ...
... fall away To that they were , even to corrupted clay : That golden wire , those sparkling stars so bright , Shall ... falls that many a gentle mind Dwells in deformed tabernacle drowned , Either by chance , against the course of kind ...
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Page 368 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — »The foe! They come! they come!« And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering...
Page 103 - And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight : Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Page 385 - Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened: — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life...
Page 420 - To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.
Page 126 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 543 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment, in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit, which the use can...
Page 540 - For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest. Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 387 - Upon the growing Boy, But He beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
Page 540 - Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. The unity of Government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main, pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very Liberty, which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that, from...
Page 408 - 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! 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!