A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some ma...n of great power and interest.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Fair Hope! our earlier Heaven! by thee Young Time is taster to Eternity.... The generous wine with age grows strong, not sour, Nor need we kill thy fruit to smell thy flower. Thy golden head never hangs down Till in the lap of Love's full noon It falls and dies: Oh no, it melts away As doth the dawn into the day, As lumps of sugar lose themselves, and twine Their subtle essence with the soul of wine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I will bring you the lily that laughs, I will twine... with soft narcissus, the myrtle, sweet crocus, white violet, the purple hyacinth, and last, the rose, loved-of-love.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, New Orleans, and the rest, are the names of wharves projecting into the sea (surrounde...d by the shops and dwellings of the merchants), good places to take in and to discharge a cargo (to land the products of other climes and load the exports of our own). I see a great many barrels and fig-drums,--piles of wood for umbrella- sticks,--blocks of granite and ice,--great heaps of goods, and the means of packing and conveying them,--much wrapping-paper and twine,--many crates and hogsheads and trucks,--and that is Boston. The more barrels, the more Boston. The museums and scientific societies and libraries are accidental. They gather around the sands to save carting.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »