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Flowers of Loveliness; A Token of Remembrance, for 1852
Flowers of Loveliness A Token of Remembrance for 1852 Author:Phoebe Atwood Taylor General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Original Publisher: H. F. Anners Subjects: Gift books Non-Classifiable Religion / Christian Life / General Religion / Inspirational Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When y... more »ou buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE EVENING HOUR. BY AGNES STRICKLAND. Sweet is that hour, whose twilight shade has given A milder radiance to the arch of heaven, When, raised above the world the lifted eye Eests on the blending glories of the sky, As the last brightness of departing day, In mellow splendor, softly fades away; And glittering in the dew, each tree and flower Breathes of the balmy freshness of the hour ; And the faint breezes from the distant hill Sigh through the grove, and die along the rill. Who hath not proved the sweet enchanting power, The magic influence of the evening hour? Who hath not felt each gloomy thought give way, Soothed by the scene, and charmed beneath its sway ? Till holy feelings lull with soft control The strife and anguish of the troubled soul; Mild resignation in its depth appears, And peace -- and heaven itself descends in tears. LINES. SUGGESTED BY THE IDEA OF TRAVELLING. BT MISS HEXDRICKS. Oh ! scenery whose soft allure Enchants the heart within; A balm to strengthen; grief's best cure, A new and radiant thing. A spell to brighten mourning eyes, To check the falling tear; To stop the weary, heavy sighs, And whisper Hope is near. Go, ye who feel your heart is lone, Go ramble, look at life; And shrine the heart in sceneries gone, With novelty so rife! Go where the sun soft shadows o'er The beautiful and grand; Go! wander on the distant shore, The hill-encompass'd land. No matter where, but go and roam ; The qu...« less