Essays in rhyme, on morals and mannersT. Miller, 1816 - 174 sivua |
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Sivu 36 - Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind : How few think justly of the thinking few ! How many never think, who think they do ! Opinion, therefore — such our mental dearth — • Depends on mere locality or birth.
Sivu 118 - As though they did intend For past omissions to atone By saying endless prayers in stone. Those mellow days are past and dim, But generations new, In regular descent from him, Have filled the stately pew ; And in the same succession, go To occupy the vault below.
Sivu 109 - I hope you're warm,' says- Mrs. G. ' O, quite so,' says mamma, says she? ' I'll take my shawl off by and by.' — 'This room is always warm,' says I. At last the tea came up, and so. With that, our tongues began to go. Now, in that house you're sure of knowing The smallest scrap of news that's going ; We find it there the wisest way To take some care of what we say. — Says she...
Sivu 112 - 'tis very true; Perhaps there may be reasons too:— You know some people like to pass For patrons with the lower class.' And here I break my story's thread, Just to remark, that what she said, Although I took the other part, Went like a cordial to my heart. Some innuendos more had pass'd, Till out the scandal came at last. 'Come then, I'll tell you something more,' Says she, — 'Eliza, shut the door.
Sivu 111 - She does not marry, then,' says I ; 'So many thousands to bestow, And such a beauty, too, you know.' 'A beauty ! O, my dear Miss B. You must be joking now,' says she; 'Her figure 's rather pretty,
Sivu 116 - Crumbled beneath the hillock green The cunning hand must be, That carved this fretted door, I ween, Acorn, and fleur-de-lis ; And now the worm hath done her part In mimicking the chisel's art. In days of yore (as now we call) When the first James was king, The courtly knight from yonder hall Hither his train did bring; All seated round in order due, With broidered suit and buckled shoe.
Sivu 8 - There is a science reason cannot teach ; It lies beyond the depth her line can reach ; It is but taught by Heaven's imparted grace, The feet of Jesus is the only place ; And they who mental riches largely share, But seldom stoop to seek their wisdom there.
Sivu 170 - ... time : While Death, uprising from the silent shades, Shows his dark outline ere the vision fades ; In strong relief against the blazing sky, Appears the shadow as it passes by. And though o'erwhelming to the dazzled brain, These are the moments when the mind is sane. For then, a hope of Heaven — the Saviour's cross, Seem what they are, and all things else but loss.
Sivu 115 - In oblique shadow on the walls. And since those trappings first were new How many a cloudless day, To rob the velvet of its hue, Has come and passed away ! How many a setting sun hath made That curious lattice-work of shade ! Crumbled beneath the hillock green The cunning hand must be, That carved this fretted door, I ween, Acorn, and fleur-de-lis; And now the worm hath done her part In mimicking the chisel's art. — In days of yore (as...