...ears." As I closed the door, I could not help repeating aloud those beautiful lines of Wordsworth — " Oh, sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." Though Ellen was several years younger than myself, and I had been much absent from my native village,...

...flowers, an early grave. The great majority of the stranger-sleepers are under the age of twenty-five. " The good die first ; And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." . I paused at a monument in relievo in the wall, with a lovely design in marble. It represented, in...

...gone down, I could not suppress the thought which Wordsworth has clothed in such forcible language — The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket The old lady drew from her bosom a little book soiled and time-worn and placing it in my hands she...

...sentiment often quoted was never more deeply felt than in respect to the subject of this notice : " The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." 136 -• " •••' mvm ma ...

...the 252 DISAPPOINTED HOPES. thought which Wordsworth has clothed in such forcible language — • The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket The old lady drew from her bosom a little book soiled and time-worn and placing it in my hands she...

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...the selfish, the calculating, the hard-hearted ? Is it to prove the poet's assertion true ?— " Ah ! sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust Burn to the socket."* Wordsworth's " Excursion.'' If ever separation was dreaded by mother...

...flowers, an early grave. The great majority of the stranger-sleepers are under the age of twenty-five. " The good die first ; And they whose hearts are dry as summer duet, Burn to the socket." I paused at a monument in relievo in the wall, with a lovely design in marble....

...heart-flame that may be Quenched only with thy tears. LINES On the Death of JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." WORDSWORTH. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee,...

...lie — how foolish are such thoughts ! Forgive them ; — never — never did my steps Approach this door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome...summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn From that forsaken...