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"Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?"
The Ages. xxxiii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language."
Thanatopsis.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings."
Thanatopsis.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The hills, Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun."
Thanatopsis.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste."
Thanatopsis.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom."
Thanatopsis.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."
Thanatopsis.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The groves were God's first temples."
A Forest Hymn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The stormy March has come at last, With winds and clouds and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast That through the snowy valley flies."
March.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame."
Autumn Woods.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds and naked woods and meadows brown and sear."
The Death of the Flowers.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more."
The Death of the Flowers.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Loveliest of lovely things are they On earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower."
A Scene on the Banks of the Hudson.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The victory of endurance born."
The Battle-Field.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,-- The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers."
The Battle-Field.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain