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Page 141 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 91 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Page 85 - Then come merry April with all thy birds and beauties ! With thy crescent brows and thy flowery, showery glee ; With thy budding leafage and fresh green pastures ; And may thy lustrous crescent grow a honeymoon for me...
Page 95 - Where round their trunks the thousand-tendril'd vine Wound up and hung the boughs with greener wreaths, And clusters not their own. Wearied with endless beauty, did his eyes Return for rest ? beside him teems the earth With tulips, like the ruddy evening...
Page 45 - The gold that is thus found in the surface crust is known as 'talutium,' in cases where there is auriferous earth beneath. The mountains of Spain, in other respects arid and sterile, and productive of nothing whatever, are thus constrained by man to be fertile, in supplying him with this precious commodity. "The gold that is extracted from shafts is known by some persons as 'canalicium,
Page 217 - The ancient laws of the country ordained men to be kept on bread alone, unmixed with salt, as the severest punishment that could be inflicted upon them in their moist climate. The effect was horrible; these wretched criminals are said to 391 have been devoured by worms engendered in their own stomachs.
Page 103 - ... coy, so full of trembly confidences ; Thy shadow scarce seems shade, thy pattering leaflets Sprinkle their gathered sunshine o'er my senses, And Nature gives me all her summer confidences. Whether my heart with hope or sorrow tremble, Thou sympathizest...