The Spirit of Love: A Novel, Volume 3

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Henry, 1893

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Page 184 - Thy children like the olive branches : round about thy table. 5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee : that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.
Page 154 - Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds : Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 9 - See the waves' blue sheen and feel the breath of the breeze on my cheek: Could wail with the wailing wind; strike sharply the hands in despair; Could shriek with the shrieking blast, grow frenzied and tear the hair; Could fight fierce fights with the foe or clutch at a human hand; And weary could lie at length on the soft, sweet, saffron sand.
Page 260 - THE END. Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury. 18...
Page 8 - No rest but an endless aching, a sorrow which grows amain: I am caught in the Circle of Being and held in the Circle of Pain.
Page 87 - Scott, the young lady was as near perfection as it was possible for a human being to be...
Page 48 - I don't know what I am going to do. I have not decided.

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