Sordello, Strafford, Christmas-eve and Easter-dayTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 412 pages |
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Page 340 - All at once I looked up with terror. He was there. He Himself with His human air, On the narrow pathway, just before : I saw the back of Him, no more— He had left the chapel, then, as I.
Page 361 - Take all in a word : the truth in God's breast Lies trace for trace upon ours impressed : Though he is so bright and we so dim, We are made in his image to witness him...
Page 2 - The historical decoration was purposely of no more importance than a background requires ; and my stress lay on the incidents in the development of a soul : little else is worth study.
Page 6 - That autumn eve was stilled : A last remains of sunset dimly burned O'er the far forests, like a torch-flame turned By the wind back upon its bearer's hand In one long flare of crimson ; as a brand, The woods beneath lay black.
Page 152 - (low as some old Pythoness Conceding to a Lydian King's distress The cause of his long error — one mistake Of her past oracle) " Sordello, wake ! " God has conceded two sights to a man — " One, of men's whole work, time's completed plan, " The other, of the minute's work, man's first " Step to the plan's completeness : what's dispersed " Save hope of that supreme step which, descried " Earliest, was meant still to remain untried " Only to give you heart to take your own " Step, and there stay,...