Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1918 |
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Page 14
... once Hawaii's . When she shall have been laid to her rest in beautiful , storied Nuuanu where once played gods and goddesses , when the gates of the tomb of the Kalakauas shall have closed upon her , when the black kahilis shall have ...
... once Hawaii's . When she shall have been laid to her rest in beautiful , storied Nuuanu where once played gods and goddesses , when the gates of the tomb of the Kalakauas shall have closed upon her , when the black kahilis shall have ...
Page 18
... once more— But songs are not sung of brown huts bare . My song is the voice of the pines and fir And the pine seeds hid in the needles dark , The winds that stir , the cricket's chirr , The night hawk's cry , the pheasant's whirr And ...
... once more— But songs are not sung of brown huts bare . My song is the voice of the pines and fir And the pine seeds hid in the needles dark , The winds that stir , the cricket's chirr , The night hawk's cry , the pheasant's whirr And ...
Page 25
... once more on the lovely little Lake . It rests like a sleeping , new born babe with the silent watchers hovering near its cradle , and you want to take it with you . But it's one of Mother Nature's pet children , far beyond the reach of ...
... once more on the lovely little Lake . It rests like a sleeping , new born babe with the silent watchers hovering near its cradle , and you want to take it with you . But it's one of Mother Nature's pet children , far beyond the reach of ...
Page 35
... once in a while , after her first visit , old Carmen would appear at the store . She talked little but seemed to feel kindly and interested . Some- times she brought a gourd of beote or acorn meal , some barley she had hulled , and once ...
... once in a while , after her first visit , old Carmen would appear at the store . She talked little but seemed to feel kindly and interested . Some- times she brought a gourd of beote or acorn meal , some barley she had hulled , and once ...
Page 37
... once part of a vital life , and full of a mag- netic presence , is to them a connecting visible link between the seen and the unseen ; a symbol of that which was once full of the animate personality of the living friend , and is now ...
... once part of a vital life , and full of a mag- netic presence , is to them a connecting visible link between the seen and the unseen ; a symbol of that which was once full of the animate personality of the living friend , and is now ...
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