Selections from the Poetic and Prose Writings of James Russell Lowell; Arranged Under the Days of the Year, and Accompanied by Memoranda of Anniversaries of Noted Events and of the Birth or Death of Famous Men and Women (Paperback)

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. 1890. Excerpt: ... 29. Swedenborg died, 1772. Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified. The Peesent Ceisis. 30. Good Friday. By the light of burning heretics Christ's bleeding feet I track, Toiling up new Calvaries ever with the cross that turns not back, And these mounts of anguish number how each generation learned One new word of that grand Credo which in prophethearts hath burned Since the first man stood God-conquered, with bis face to heaven upturned. The Present Ceisis. 31 Joseph Haydn, 1732. Hide still, best Good, in subtile wise, Beyond my nature's utmost scope; Be ever absent from mine eyes To be twice present in my hope r/n, 1. Easter Day. O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born Goiiminstee Chimes. 2. H. C. Andersen, 1805. Those Easter pomps, where the antique world marches visibly before you in gilded mail and crimson doublet, refresh the eyes, and are good so long as they continue to be merely spectacle. But if one thinks for a moment of the servant of the servants of the Lord in cloth of gold, borne on men's shoulders, or of the children receiving the blessing of their Holy Father, with a regiment of French soldiers to protect the father from the children, it becomes a little sad. A Few Bits Of Rohan Mosaic. 3. Washington Irving, 1783. What Irving? thrice welcome, Warm heart and fine brain, You bring back the happiest spirit from Spain, And the gravest sweet humor, that ever were there Since Cervantes met death in his gentle despair. A Faele Foe Carries. 4. Benj...