Sunny scenes: or, Recollections of continental rambles among men and mountains [signed R.R.].

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1862
 

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Page 42 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour; And down from the ceiling and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, — And all at once to the Bishop they go. They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the Bishop's bones; They gnawed the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him!
Page 21 - There is a stream whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God ; Life, love and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode.
Page 81 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! ENDYMION.
Page 117 - I most firmly assert that the images of Christ, and of the mother of God, ever virgin, and also of the other saints, are to be had and retained, and that due honour and veneration are to be given to them.
Page 117 - I constantly hold that there is a purgatory, and that the souls detained therein are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. ' Likewise, that the saints reigning together with Christ, are to be honoured and invocated, that they offer prayers to God for us, and that their relics are to be venerated.
Page 20 - Thou, who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out Thee And read Thee everywhere.
Page 10 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in the great waters ; " These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
Page 48 - Truth crushed to earth will rise again, The eternal years of God are hers; But error wounded, writhes in pain, And dies amid her worshippers.
Page 7 - Ever drifting, drifting, drifting On the shifting Currents of the restless heart; Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart.
Page 53 - Or what he views of beautiful or grand In Nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.

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