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Home thoughts, a monthly magazine of literature, science, and domestic economy - Page 123
1853
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...may vanish like foam ; But when sails are shiver'd and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home. And there, like a star through the midnight cloud,...bright, For never, till shining on thy shroud, Can be quench'd its holy light. The sun of fame 't will gild the name, But the heart ne'er felt its ray ;...
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Flora's Interpreter, Or The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1832 - 244 pages
...vanish like foam ; But when sails are shivered and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home : — And there like a star through the midnight cloud,...shroud, Can be quenched its holy light. The sun of fame — 't will gild the name, But the heart ne'er felt its ray ; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...Then look to the light of borne ¡— And there, like a star through the midnight cloud, Thou shall see the beacon bright ; For never, till shining on...holy light. The sun of fame, 'twill gild the name i But the heart ne'er fell its ray ; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones claim, Are but beams of a...
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The Book of Flowers

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1836 - 434 pages
...But when sails are shivered and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home ; And there, like astar through the midnight cloud, Thou shalt see the beacon...shroud, Can be quenched its holy light. The sun of fame — 't will gild the name, But the heart ne'er felt its ray ; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones...
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The Ladies' Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 416 pages
...For nature feeds the pyre. The sea of Ambition is tempest tost, And thy hopes may vanish like foam ; And there, like a star through the midnight cloud,...bright ; For never, till shining on thy shroud, Can be quench'd its holy light. The sun of Fame, 'twill gild the name, But the heart ne'er feels its ray ;...
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The Ladies' Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 426 pages
...midnight cloud, Thou shalt see the beacon bright ; For never, till shining on thy shroud, Can be quench'd its holy light. The sun of Fame, 'twill gild the name, But the heart ne'er feels its ray ; And Fashion's smiles, that rich ones claim, Are like beams of a wintry day: And how...
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Flora's Interpreter, Or, The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1838 - 282 pages
...like foam ; Gisbome. But when sails are shivered and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home ;— And there, like a star through the midnight cloud,...shroud, Can be quenched its holy light. The sun of fame—'t will gild the name, But the heart ne'er felt its ray ; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones...
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The American Common-place Book of Poetry, with Occasional Notes

1839 - 430 pages
...may vanish like foam; But when sails are shivered and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home;— And there, like a star through the midnight cloud,...quenched its holy light. The sun of fame, 'twill gild the nime ; But the heart ne'er felt its ray; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones claim, Are but beams...
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The Ladies' Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1839 - 452 pages
...tempest-tost, And thy hopes may vanish like foam; And there, like a star through the midnight cloud, Thou shall see the beacon bright; For never, till shining on...of Fame, 'twill gild the name, But the heart ne'er feels its ray; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones claim, Are like beams of a wintry day: And how...
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Flora's Interpreter : Or, The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1840 - 280 pages
...vanish like foam; But when sails are shivered and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home ; — And there, like a star through the midnight cloud,...shroud, Can be quenched its holy light. The sun of fame — "t will gild the name, But the heart ne'er felt its ray; And fashion's smiles, that rich ones claim,...
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