She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty : For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: He woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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Page 46 She is coming, my dove, my dear ; She is coming, my life, my fate ; The red rose cries, ' She is near, she is near ; ' And the white rose weeps, ' She is late;' The larkspur listens, ' I hear, I hear ;' And the lily whispers, Appears in 445 books from 1846-2007

Page 46 There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, 'She is near, she is near;' And the white rose weeps, 'She is late;' The larkspur listens, 'I hear, I hear;' And the lily whispers, 'I wait. Appears in 369 books from 1848-2008

Page xv That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have courage for the most strange, the most singular and the most inexplicable that we may encounter. That mankind has in this sense been cowardly has done life endless harm; the experiences that are called "visions... Appears in 34 books from 1960-2006

Page xviii ... writing is precisely the very possibility of change, the space that can serve as a springboard for subversive thought, the precursory movement of a transformation of social and cultural structures. Appears in 105 books from 1939-2007

Page 174 - And beyond that ?' She said, 'I see nothing, but sometimes, when I shade my eyes with my hand, I think I see on the further bank trees and hills, and the sun shining on them!' He said, That is the Land of Freedom. Appears in 24 books from 1887-2006

Page 175 - Silence! What do you hear?" And she listened intently, and she said, "I hear a sound of feet, a thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, and they beat this way!" He said, "They are the feet of those that shall follow you. Lead on! make a track to the water's edge! Where you stand now, the ground will be beaten flat by ten thousand times ten thousand feet." And he said, "Have you seen the locusts how they cross a stream? First one comes down to the water-edge, and it is swept away,... Appears in 52 books from 1890-2008

Page 176 - They make a track to the water's edge. " " They make a track to the water's edge — " And she said, " Over that bridge which shall be built with our bodies, who will pass ? " He said, "The entire human race. Appears in 26 books from 1887-2006

Page 63 - There was no answer. The question was repeated. Amelie said she had met him, and at last confessed it was in the ruined portion of the castle ! She threw herself at her uncle's feet — she clung to his knees : love taught her eloquence. She told him how deeply Charles regretted the long-standing feud ; how earnest, and true, and good, he was. Bending low, until her tresses were heaped upon the floor, she confessed, modestly, but firmly, that she loved this young man ; that she would rather sacrifice... Appears in 9 books from 1848-1989

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