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IF I WERE A VOICE

... voice, a persoasive voice That could travel the wide world through, 1I would fly onl the beamis of the mornlng light, Alld speak to mten with a gentle mnight, And tell them to be true. I'd liv, I'd flvy o'er land and sea, Wherever a human heart ntisht ...

Poetry

... the nigbt, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent -her hall our poweru To eke her ?? OUt. Onr very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our ...

POETRY

... matter where or why; .And both as heedless whether listeners rude Decry our music in some bitter mood, or kindlier temper'd speak approvingly; Still 51 sing on as wte are wont to do with the beet powers we have, and aye content, ,i'outh day succeedin g ...

POETRY

... Heir of the self same heritage- Child of the self-same God! He ?? but stumbled in the path tl Thou hast in weakness trod. u Speak gently to the erring ! Fur is it not enough That iulloconce and peaoe have gone, f Without thy censure rough? It sure Must ...

HERR TEDESCO'S NEW PIANOFORTE MUSIC

... pieces for his favourits instrument, the pianoforte. They are en. titled Moonlight Rambles, and most of them were, so to speak, improvised by M. Tedesco during his meditative walks in the sequestered sylvan scenery of the Regent's- park, which for him ...

POETRY

... voice, a persotasise * oice, That cohld travel the weide \eorld through, I Would fly on thle beatms of tile morning light, And speak to osen with a gentle might, And tell them to be true. I'd fly, I'd fly, o'er land onid sea, Wherever a human heart mnight ...

Lecture by Lola Montes

... sablime Milton, in which he speaks of woman as Fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy oherilshing, thy honour, aned thy love, Not thy subjectiom.' Lola considered the English, Irish, and Scotch women to be thle hand- somest. Speaking of beauty, she gave the ...

Published: Sunday 23 August 1857
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 654 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

R. W. EMERSON AND HIS LITERATURE

... thyself, says hoe every heart vibrates to that iron sting , and in speaking of consistency in conduct, if you would be a man, speak what you think in words as hard as cannon balls, and speak again to-merrow's thoughts in words as hard, although it may contradict ...

POETRY

... a voie - a persuasive voice, That could travel the wide world through, I would fly on the beams of the morning light, And speak to men with a gentle might, And tell them to be true. I'd ?? fly o'er land and sea, Wherever a human heart might be, Telling ...

THE MARRIAGE VOW

... Or whon thine eye o ZS et with biteorcst tcars; lt corded by an an '7e~s ten on high And snuot be questioce 1 in etoruiy. Speak it not lightly: t'.sugh the young and gay Are throrging round thee now rwitb tones of nmirth Let not the holy proinizo of to-day ...

Poetry

... soul's enough for any giant ! Her cheeks are like the blooming rose, Bound up with lily and carnation; Her lips- I dare not speak of those- o tead us not into temnptatho ! The sternest moralists may preach; But who, possessing human feeling, Can coolly ...

Poetry

... -celestial maid. Shall we neglect to synpathise,- We -who on Freedom's breast have hung! Perish the thought! These exiles speak The language of our mother-tongue; Our brethren they,-on their behalf Our hbarts with love fraternal glow, We will sustain ...