 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 Seiten
...were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions." 2 SAMUEL, i. 23. " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...Eternal sunshine settles on its head." GOLDSMITH. " She came in all her beauty, like the moon from the cloud in the east. Loveliness was around her,... | |
 | Esek Cowen - 1845 - 872 Seiten
...he was humble and unobtrusive in his opinions, content and happy that his " serious thoughts should rest in heaven." " As some tall cliff that lifts its...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." I have noticed the morals of Mr. Wells in this place,... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 Seiten
...Thusv to my breast' alternate passions rise', Pleasedv with each good' that heaven to man^ supplies*. As some tall cliff, that lifts Its awful form', Swells...storm', Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiven, And mild as... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1846 - 256 Seiten
...His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd, Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,...heaven— As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association. Meeting - 1925 - 208 Seiten
...may assume, it will prove to be but a passing blemish on Maryland 's noble mount of law, which ' ' As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. ' ' THE PRESIDENT : The first business before the Association... | |
 | 1898 - 494 Seiten
...to endure, his spirit was above the things of earth, and partook of the light and joys of eternity. "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form Clear...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." "Since I have worsted you in argument, let us jump at... | |
 | Charles R. Henery - 1995 - 176 Seiten
...warmth express'd, Their welfare pleas'd him and their cares distress'd; To them his heart, his loves, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. The tradition of Herbert lives on, though more eighteenthcentury... | |
 | Helen Jacobus Apte - 1998 - 252 Seiten
...way. The following lines are said to be one of the best examples of metaphor in the English language: "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." October 25, 1901 Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 Seiten
...And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service passed, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; Even children followed...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With... | |
 | Gina Luria Walker - 2005 - 352 Seiten
...by which the ancients are so generally characterized:* she, superior, rose above her contemporaries, "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sun-shine settles on its head." Goldsmith's Deserted Village (1770) But there is not... | |
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To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,... 
