Bulletin of the American Bureau of Geography, المجلد 1

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American Bureau of Geography, 1900
 

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الصفحة 98 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as...
الصفحة 98 - Only grew and waved its wild sweet way, No one came to note it day by day. Earth, one time, put on a frolic mood. Heaved the rocks and changed the mighty motion Of the deep, strong currents of the ocean ; Moved the plain and shook the haughty wood, Crushed the little fern in soft moist clay, Covered it, and hid it safe away.
الصفحة 98 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; Forever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
الصفحة 98 - In a valley, centuries ago, Grew a little fern-leaf, green and slender, Veining delicate, and fibres tender; Waving, when the wind crept down so low. Rushes tall, and moss, and grass grew round it, Playful sunbeams darted in and found it, Drops of dew stole in by night and crowned it.
الصفحة 98 - What tho' nor real voice nor sound. Amid their radiant orbs be found ! In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing as they shine, " The hand that made us is Divine.
الصفحة 98 - Useless? Lost? There came a thoughtful man Searching Nature's secrets far and deep ; From a fissure in a rocky steep He withdrew a stone o'er which there ran Fairy pencilings, a quaint design, Veinings, leafage, fibres clear and fine, And the fern's life lay in every line. So, I think, God hides some souls away Sweetly to surprise us the last day.
الصفحة 100 - I sent my Soul through the Invisible Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul returned to me, And answered, "I Myself am Heaven and Hell.
الصفحة 360 - ... to get a living. Librarians should include Education in their lists for the benefit of teachers and of others who would keep abreast of the best educational thought. Universally commended by highest educational authorities.
الصفحة 310 - I have looked out with wonder, love, and admiration upon the steel-blue sky of Minnesota, set with diamonds, and sparkling with brilliants of purest ray. The stillness of your small hours is sublime. I feel constrained, as I gaze and admire, to hold my breath, lest the eloquent silence of the night should be broken by the reverberations of the sound, from the seemingly solid but airy vault above.
الصفحة 365 - Certainly no periodical, and probably no book on birds ever found anything like such favor with the public as BIRDS AND NATURE.

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