This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ... you shall find A secret chamber of the mind, Enshrining some fair sainted face, Where worship still is done with tears That freshen the grey dusky years. That was its living water once, Sweet-singing ever by the way, And gleaming through its darkest day, --The glory of its young Romance: But O, the desert wastes that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ... you shall find A secret chamber of the mind, Enshrining some fair sainted face, Where worship still is done with tears That freshen the grey dusky years. That was its living water once, Sweet-singing ever by the way, And gleaming through its darkest day, --The glory of its young Romance: But O, the desert wastes that spread Where Love lives on, and Hope is dead! (c)men. A fair white dove came to my window sill In the faint morning light, Preening its feathers with a pale pink bill Daintily in my sight, Nodding its head with pretty curtsey still To left and right, And then took flight. O fair, white dove, I meant to thee no ill; Why did'st thou then take fright, And vanish into night? Wat ublif Jtteriing. I stood up to speak. At my back was a score Of broadcloth respectables solemnly stewing, For the vast hall was filled from the roof to the floor, And they swarmed, thick as bees, at each window and door; And I knew, at a glance, that a storm was a-brewing For my sure undoing. Yet I stood up to speak. Almost under my feet, With pencil and note-book, were newspaper men; Some staid-looking working lads kept the first seat, Then students and snobs and the cads of the street, With a woman, perhaps, for each threescore and ten, And a child, now and then. I was not ta'en aback, in the least, though I saw That the meeting was packed with a loud senseless mob, And standing near by, was a Limb-o'-the-Law Who rubbed his sleek chin with a vulture-like claw, And a grin of conceit at the well-managed job, Which made my pulse throb. So I stood up to speak. What a greeting I had! They hooted, yelled, whistled, and cat-called and groaned, Hissed, jeered at me, howled; cried "His throat sure is bad!" "Cough it up!" "Try an orange!" and ."
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