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... father of Cyrus . This continued to be the mourning colour till the death of Hossain , the son of Ali ; when it was changed for black , by the Mohammedans of that sect , who cele- brate a solemn festival on the anniversary of his D ...
... father of Cyrus . This continued to be the mourning colour till the death of Hossain , the son of Ali ; when it was changed for black , by the Mohammedans of that sect , who cele- brate a solemn festival on the anniversary of his D ...
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... widely spread out , A hero in the midst of it appears , Of Majesty on his head a crown , With the purple of glory clad , What man this light encircled ? It is Peter , his country's Father . VII . He sight his below casts In a twinkling 20.
... widely spread out , A hero in the midst of it appears , Of Majesty on his head a crown , With the purple of glory clad , What man this light encircled ? It is Peter , his country's Father . VII . He sight his below casts In a twinkling 20.
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... father's house . It is thou , O Heaven , that hast led me through dark and miry ' roads to happy plains . O , ye springs , on your banks will I now repose : O , ye trees , re- * Herrsucht , Ehrgeitz . h Redliches Herz . ' Bethaute ...
... father's house . It is thou , O Heaven , that hast led me through dark and miry ' roads to happy plains . O , ye springs , on your banks will I now repose : O , ye trees , re- * Herrsucht , Ehrgeitz . h Redliches Herz . ' Bethaute ...
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... The bride's no more the bridegroom's prize , And orphans at their utmost need Have none to guard them , none to feed , Whilst fathers close their children's eyes . H Sens ' und Sichel sind zu Schwerdern worden , Seine 49.
... The bride's no more the bridegroom's prize , And orphans at their utmost need Have none to guard them , none to feed , Whilst fathers close their children's eyes . H Sens ' und Sichel sind zu Schwerdern worden , Seine 49.
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... father had made the coffin , and writ- ten the inscription ; Here lies the little Oxlin , who never grew to be an Ox . * Anecdote of a Romish Priest . A Roman Catholic Preacher , who had a habit of repeating the last syllables of his ...
... father had made the coffin , and writ- ten the inscription ; Here lies the little Oxlin , who never grew to be an Ox . * Anecdote of a Romish Priest . A Roman Catholic Preacher , who had a habit of repeating the last syllables of his ...
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Allah Aonia Arabic arms asked avia Bach beautiful Belphegor Bidpay blood Blut Boeotia Brennus Brüder Chîm Chinese clad colonel colour command dark delight Dictionary El Conde Lucanor English Entzücken ewig eyes flower Frederic Freude German German language glory gold Gott Greece Greek hand happy heaven Hebrew heroes hills Hitopadesa horse Idumæas IDUMEAS India Ithone JAHRES King Länder language Latin light lord machen Maha Majesty Mantua means Muses Numina o'er Orbis Pictus Oriental Fragments palmas palms peace Persian PETERSBURGH Pferd Phoenicia plain poet Primus purple Räder rose Russ russet earth Russia Russian Russian language Sanscrit Sausha seyn shepherd shewing Simeon Seth skulls smile soll song soul Spahis specimen spring Stanza stars sword temple thee thou tion TRANSLATED u'deen verdure verses versts Virgil Welt whilst wind word δὲ Εἰς ἐν ἐπ καὶ ὡς
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Page 208 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th...
Page 203 - From these rude shores our fearless course we held: Beneath the glistening wave the god of day Had now five times withdrawn the parting ray, When o'er the prow a sudden darkness spread, And slowly floating o'er the mast's tall head A black cloud...
Page 45 - Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas...
Page 210 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 164 - Je m'embarque fièrement, Et je vais en ambassade, Au nom de mon souverain, Dire que je suis malade Et que lui se porte bien. Avec une joue enflée Je débarque tout honteux. La princesse, boursouflée...
Page 54 - Amphitrite Will er schließen wie sein eignes Haus. Zu des Südpols nie erblickten Sternen Dringt sein rastlos ungehemmter Lauf, Alle Inseln spürt er, alle fernen Küsten — nur das Paradies nicht auf.
Page 52 - Edler Freund! Wo öffnet sich dem Frieden, Wo der Freiheit sich ein Zufluchtsort? Das Jahrhundert ist im Sturm geschieden, Und das neue öffnet sich mit Mord. Und das band der Länder ist gehoben, Und die alten Formen stürzen ein; Nicht das Weltmeer hemmt des Krieges Toben, Nicht der Nilgott und der alte Rhein.
Page 212 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of matter born, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 42 - Aus der Wahrheit Feuerspiegel lächelt sie den Forscher an. Zu der Tugend steilem Hügel leitet sie des Dulders Bahn. Auf des Glaubens Sonnenberge sieht man ihre Fahnen wehn, durch den Riß gesprengter Särge sie im Chor der Engel stehn.
Page 40 - Freude heißt die starke Feder In der ewigen Natur. Freude, Freude treibt die Räder In der großen Weltenuhr. Blumen lockt sie aus den Keimen, Sonnen aus dem Firmament, Sphären rollt sie in den Räumen, Die des Sehers Rohr nicht kennt.