Anne of the Island
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The Daydream |
All precious things, discover’d late,
To those that seek them issue forth;
For love in sequel works with fate,
And draws the veil from hidden worth. |
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2 Corinthians 4:18 |
And she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal. |
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The Sorrows of Werther
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Dora, like the immortal and most prudent Charlotte, who “went on cutting
bread and butter” when her frenzied lover’s body had been carried past on
a shutter, was one of those fortunate creatures who are seldom disturbed by
anything. |
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Childe Harold |
Yes, I feel like Byron’s `Childe Harold’ — only it isn’t really my `native shore’
that I’m watching,” said Anne, winking her gray eyes vigorously. “Nova Scotia
is that, I suppose. But one’s native shore is the land one loves the best, and
that’s good old P.E.I. for me. I can’t believe I didn’t always live here… |
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Lucile |
And on Inkerman yet the wild bramble is gory,
And those bleak heights henceforth shall be famous in story |
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Matthew 23:27
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“outwardly they may be as whited sepulchers and inwardly as ravening
wolves” |
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Matthew 8:28 |
“the swine that rushed madly down the steep place into the sea” |
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Job 1:7
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The States must be an awful place. I hope you’ll never go there, Anne. But
the way girls roam over the earth now is something terrible. It always makes
me think of Satan in the Book of Job, going to and fro and walking up and
down. I don’t believe the Lord ever intended it, that’s what |
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Dickens in Camp |
And so in mountain solitudes o’ertaken
As by some spell divine,
Their cares drop from them like the needles shaken
From out the gusty pine |
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Macbeth |
To sleep went Jane easily and speedily; but, though very unlike MacBeth in
most respects, she had certainly contrived to murder sleep for Anne. |
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Macbeth |
“by the pricking of my thumbs,” |
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Euripides |
Those whom the gods wish to destroy |
Last modified: February 3, 2009
