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FOUR SONNETS TO THE FOUR SEASONS. BY MARY SPENSER PEASE Goodey’s January 1851 SPRING. From mountain top, and from the deep-voiced valley, The snow-white mists are slowly upward wreathing: Now floating wide, now hovering close, to dally With sportive winds, around them lightly breathing, Till, in the quickening Spring-shine through them creeping, Their gloomy power dissolves in warmth and gladness; While swift, new tides through Nature's heart-pulse sweeping. Floods all her veins with a delicious madness. Warmed into life, a world of bright shapes thronging— Young, tender leaf-buds in fresh greenness swelling, Flower, bird, and insect, with prophetic longing, Pour forth their joy in tremulous hymns upwelling: Thus, Love's Spring sun dispels all chill and sorrow With joyful promise of Love's fullest morrow. SUMMER. Sweet incense from the heart of myriad flowers, Sweet as the breath that parts the lips of love, Floats softly upward through the sunny hours, Hiving its fragrance in the warmth above: Big with rich store, the teeming earth yields up The increase of her harvest treasury; While golden wine, from Nature's brimming cup, Quickens her pulse to love-toned melody. Full choiréd praise from countless glad throats break, More dazzling bright doth gleam night's dewy eyes; A newer witchery doth the great moon wake; More mellow languisheth the bending skies: Thus, through the heart Life's Summer-sun comes stealing, Spring's wildest promise in Love's fulness sealing. AUTUMN. Athwart the ripe, red sunshine fitfully, Like withering doubts through Love's warm, flushing breast, With wailing voice of saddest augury, Sweeps from the frozen North a phantom guest. With icy finger on each yellow leaf Writes he the history of the dying year. Love's harvest reaped, the grainless stalk and sheaf— Like plundered hearts, unkerneled of sweet cheer— Lie black and bare, exposed to rudest tread: While still, with semblance of the Summer brave, Soft, pitying airs float o'er its cold death-bed; Bright flowers and motley leaves flaunt o'er its grave: As in Earth's Autumn—so, through weeping showers, Love sighs a mournful requiem over bygone hours. WINTER. Locked in a close embrace, like that of Death, Earth's pulseless heart reposes, mute and chill; Within her frozen breast, her frozen breath, In its forgotten fragrance, slumbereth still: Sapless her veins, and numb her withered arms, That still, outstretched, stand grim mementos drear Of her once gorgeous and full-leavéd charms. Of flower and fruit, all increase of the year: Voiceless the river, in ice fretwork chained; Hushed the sweet cadences of bird and bee; Dumb the last echo to soft music trained, And warmth and life are a past memory: Thus, buried deep within dull Winter's rime, Love dreamless sleeps through the long Winter-time.
E-Book Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing Release: November 2013 Paperback Publisher: Zebra Books Released: June 1, 1994 Click Here for a Sneak Peak The Wrong Man at Charlene’s Release of Deserted by her good-for-nothing father at the Taming Jenna and to view the tender age of seven, Jenna Leigh Whittington taught herself to ride, shoot, brawl...and steer clear of the Book Trailer opposite sex. But now, in a lonely Utah canyon, the Pinkerton agent has drawn her six-gun on a rugged Charlene Raddon began her fiction stranger -- only to discover that, far from the career in the third grade when she dangerous outlaw she's been tracking, he is Branch announced in Show & Tell that a McCauley, hired gun . . . and the most irresistible rascal ever to tempt and torment a woman. bring the sensuous hellcat to heel, McCauley baby sister she never had was killed has no inkling that their passionate battle of by a black widow spider. She often The Right Woman wills has just begun. Taming Jenna will be the penned stories featuring mistreated most seductive -- and satisfying -- job he's ever If there's one thing McCauley trusts less than a taken on . . . young girls whose mother accused of female, it's a female that packs a six-gun. Vowing to crimes her sister had actually committed. Her first serious attempt TENDER TOUCH at writing fiction came in 1980 when Paperback Publisher: Zebra Books she woke up from a vivid dream that Released: Dec 1, 1994 E-Book Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing compelled her to drag out a portable Released: Oct 11 2012 typewriter and begin writing. She's Golden Heart Finalist 1991 been at it ever since. An early love for romance novels and the Wild West They had lost everything that mattered . . . led her to choose the historical Three nightmarish years of marriage has shattered Brianna romance genre but she also writes Wight's sheltered world. Leading her husband to believe she's been murdered, she flees to St. Louis . . . harboring terrible contemporary romance. At present, secrets that could be the death of her. she has five books published in paperback by Kensington Books (one The tragic loss of his Indian wife left Columbus Nigh a wanderer; necessity made him a wilderness guide. But now he under the pseudonym Rachel finds himself drawn to the enigmatic woman who's hired him to Summers), and four eBooks lead her westward. Her gentle strength stirs his lonely heart . . . her tender beauty arouses his deepest passions. published by Tirgearr Publishing. Charlene's awards include: RWA Would they find love again on a western journey? Golden Heart Finalist, Romantic But the perils of the Oregon Trail pale beside the murderous wrath of the man who tracks them across the Times Reviewer's Choice Award harsh frontier. Briana knows the only way to save herself and Columbus is to risk their tender love. Only then can she free herself from the horrors of the past -- and embrace a rapturous future . . Nomination, Affair de Coeur Magazine Reader/Writer Poll for Visit Amazon to Purchase Click Here Best Historical of the Year. Her books have won or place in several contests. Blog: http://tinyurl.com/bmhtjto CRR Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/d9v6h56 CR Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/csrxarf Cowboy Kisses: http://tinyurl.com/d9bkvel Currently, Charlene is working on Triberr: http://tinyurl.com/d9r3zrm Tirgearr: http://tinyurl.com/cjltgsq her next release. Or www.tirpub.com/craddon Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/c4n9q94 Twitter www.twitter.com/CRaddon
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WALT WHITMAN IN EUROPE. With the death and burial of Walt Whitman passes away the most picturesque figure of contemporary literature. It is true that in England the name of the poet is more familiar than his poetry, and that students of literature are more conversant with the nature of his writings than are the mass of general readers; yet the character of the man and the spirit of his compositions were rapidly beginning to be appreciated by, and to sway an influence over, the whole higher intelligence of the country. Considering the man and his works, it is almost surprising to find how easily he did conquer for himself an audience, and even admirers, in England. He was par excellence a contemporary American. Not that American who clings to the Puritanic traditions of his English ancestors, but that characteristic product of the New World who looks more with eagerness to the future than with satisfaction on the past, and whose pre-eminent optimism is inspired by his ardent appreciation of the living present. Walt Whitman stood forth as an innovator into such realms, where the rigor of conditions demanded an abstract compliance with rules which were based on absolute truths, and where a swerving from them was evidence of impotence. His unconventional forms, the rhymeless rhythm of his verses, which, in appearance, resembled more a careless prosody than a delicately attuned poesy,—this alone was enough to provoke, at first, an incredulous smile, even among those whose tastes were endowed with more penetration. But Walt Whitman stood forth, besides, as the representative of a principle which, as yet, is looked upon with suspicion by the old world,—of the principle of a broad, grand, all-embracing democracy, which elevates manhood above all forms, all conditions, and all limitations. The question where metre comes in in poetry, whether it is simply a means of accentuating rhythm, and is not the rhythm itself, and whether it is legitimate to do as Whitman did, to prolong the rhythmic phrase at the expense of metre, until the sense is completed,—all this was a problem for the professors and the critics to decide, and they might wrangle as they pleased. But here was Walt Whitman, recognizing no beauty higher than creative nature, recognizing no law greater than the spontaneous dictates of the moral personality; here was Walt Whitman, a pagan, a pantheist, who recognized more divinity in an outcast human[Pg 64] being than in a grandly ordained king, who acknowledged nothing higher than the dignity of the human individuality,—all this was enough to make sober people pause and think, if not shudder. 'Tis true that some, almost all the representative men of literature in England, recognized in Walt Whitman, from the first, a beauty, a grandeur, which appealed to and captivated their higher susceptibilities and mental appreciation. Such critics as George Eliot, Dowden, and even Matthew Arnold, and such poets as Tennyson, Swinburne, and even William Morris, have uttered expressions of the warmest appreciation of his great talent; but the class of general readers are not endowed with such discrimination, and his works, till very recently, were excluded from the shelves of libraries which were catholic enough to embrace the writings of the earliest saints and the latest productions of Zola—on the ground that his poetry was too demoralizing for the general public. This is not a general statement. I have a specific instance in view, when, in 1886, I went to the Leinster House in Dublin—the public library of the place—and asked for Walt Whitman's \"Leaves of Grass.\" On being informed that they had no copy of it in the library, I put down the book in the suggestion list. A number of Trinity students did the same. The matter was brought before the directors at their monthly meeting, and it appears it was strenuously objected to by the librarian, who pleaded the exclusion of the book on the ground of its being immoral, indecent! We carried the fight from private discussion to correspondence in the press; the editor of the Dublin University Review put the pages of the magazine at our disposal, and it was not until a year afterwards, and until considerable pressure was brought on the
directors, that \"Leaves of Grass\" was admitted into the catalogues of the Dublin library. But the genuine merit of Walt Whitman's works, as the true inspiration of individualistic genius is always destined to do, is rapidly conquering the opposition and prejudice even of those whose obtuse minds seldom discover the intrinsic good motive frequently underlying an indifferent form. Those whose objections rested on their incapacity of penetrating further than the surface of the headline are rapidly beginning to discern in Walt Whitman's writings a force, a sentiment, a moral passion, and a natural grandeur that is amply compensating for the occasional roughness or looseness of the expressions he mirrors them in. Before his death the good old poet had not only the satisfaction of knowing that his writings have been widely read and universally commented on, but he had the pleasure of seeing his \"Leaves of Grass\" translated into German by T. W. Rolleston, of Dublin, and Professor Schwartz, of Dresden, of having parts of it translated into French, and a few years ago Mr. Lee consulted me as to the advisability of rendering them into Russian, parts of the book having already been published in the periodicals of the Russian emigrés in Switzerland. Not only this, but his innovations, his genius, have even founded a school, and has a following. The little volume published some time ago in England, under the title \"Toward Democracy,\" by Ed. Carpenter, written in the same style as \"The Leaves of Grass,\" is also gradually finding its way to the surface of the highest consideration. And such passages as this, when Nature is calling to man:— \"I, Nature, stand and call to you, though you heed not: \"Have courage, come forth, O child of mine, that you may see me.\" \"As a nymph of the invisible air before her mortal beloved, so I glance before you. I dart and stand in your path, and turn away from your heedless eyes like one in pain. I am the ground; I listen to the sound of your feet. They come nearer. I shut my eyes and feel their tread over my face,\" etc. etc.; or such an outburst as this: \"Ireland—liberty's deathless flame leaping on her Atlantic shore,\"—are enough to convince the human mind that men who write them can be actuated only by impulses of which genius alone is capable! It is this impulse—this sober, solemn love pervading the writings of Walt Whitman which has invested his compositions with a property far transcending in genuine beauty the effusions of those poets whose object in writing is more the display of a capacity for finished manipulation[Pg 65] of delicate form, than the manifestation of a free conception of a grand spirit. Walt Whitman is spontaneous without being careless. His style is unhesitating, his diction is flowing, smooth, without being searching or verbose! It seems as if his soul were responsive—not plaintively, but appreciatively responsive—to all the chords, influences, and objects of nature; and that his imagination were absorptive enough to embrace and love, and reflect all changes and transitions of light and shadow in nature and life, particularly in the inner human life,—for Walt Whitman's love for humanity, permeating all his writings, has more grandeur than the most heroic of classic epics! Roman I. Zubof. Boston, Mass. From the Pages of THE WRITER: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE TO INTEREST AND HELP ALL LITERARY WORKERS. 1892
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Mental Quicksand - FRAN Be careful...because once you take that first step, you're drawn in with little chance of backing out. BUCK - AMAZON REVIEWER Fran Veal fell in love with the book Little Women in the third grade, and that was the spark that ignited her desire to write. If Jo could write then she felt she could, too. Her first attempt at writing stories was in the fifth grade when she began writing and drawing a cartoon for her friends. The drawing, to be honest, was terrible, but the stories must have been pretty decent because a friend recently informed her she'd kept some of them because “she always knew Fran would be a writer someday. Fran graduated to writing romance in ninth grade, which was more interesting and, no, there were no pictures (much to the readers' relief). It wasn't until Fran had a teen daughter of her own that she actually began writing again. Finding My Escape was her debut novel. The sequel, Finding My Way Back was released August 23, 2013 and the third and final book in the series will be coming out in early 2014. She's also working on a comedy geared more toward adults, Five Strikes, with fellow writer, Bryden Lloyd. Fran currently resides in the beautiful city of Murfreesboro, TN with her husband of twenty- seven years, fifteen year old daughter, and one extremely snarky cat. From FINDING MY ESCAPE My life was shattered when I walked in to find my parents being murdered. He almost got me, too. The killer, I mean. The police say it was a home invasion, but I don't believe it. I just wish the nightmares would stop. The same thing every night, reliving it. Tripping over my dad's body...hearing my mother scream. I can't take this any more! So I run. I run to forget. I run to get away. And then I meet Josh. He helps me forget, for a while, anyway. solutely perfect. Or is he... CLICK TO PURCHASE
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Amish Harvest vol 1 By: Samantha Jillian Bayarr Amish Harvest vol. 1 Story begins with Bailey Parker trying to pick a apple crop. The problem is the stubborn mule to pull the cart with the crates to fill to the orchard. The darn mule has stepped on her foot and will not budge. She tries different things to no advantage. She ends up falling back and her foot flies out of the boot. She hears laughing who could this be? If it is the Amish son that lives there o my what a good looker. Lucas King the son of the Amish man that was living on the farm caring for it. He offers to help her pick the apples but she refuses his help. She explains to him she will not get the deed to the place unless she picks the orchard herself. But there is a accident and she falls from the ladder now what is going to happen? Will love blossom here? Will she ask for help? Come back and get the next vol 2 to find out what happens. Bailey Parker living in the cottage by Goose Pond. Place where she met with friends for good times. Her aunt dies who owns the farm with the apple orchard leaving it to her father. But he is willing to give the place to her if she can clear the apple orchard herself. Proving to him she can run the farm. If she can prove this he will turn the deed over to her. Well there is a onery mule there to help her which is no help. Will she be able to do this on her own? Right now there is a Amish family living on the farm and caring for it. Father a daughter and a son. How is this going to work out? Ok no more get the book Amish Harvest vol 1. I’m looking forward to vol 2. About the Author: Samantha Jillian Bayarr founded Livingston Hall Publishers in 2002. Named for her great, great grandfather, Edward Livingston Hall, who owned a publishing house in the late 1800's, until his passing; Samantha resurrected this legacy as a way of honoring him for passing onto her his love for the written word. Working in the production aspect of publishing has provided her with the expertise needed to produce develop and design books from the inside out. When it came time to publish her own work, her experience in the field lent her the ability to produce several genres, specializing in Christian Historical Romance and Amish Romance. Her first book, Little Wild Flower, an Amish Romance, was borne from her up-close encounters with the Amish community she lived near in Indiana until 1995 when she moved to Florida. Find me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/SamanthaBayarr
The Christmas Promise By: Kimberly Rose Johnson I must say once I started reading this romance I couldn’t put it down. The characters are just wonderful. Two people Keira and Pete who both have been hurt in their lives. Keira hurt over the loss of her husband left with a son to raise. Pete a relationship gone wrong. Her friend Susan wants to see her happy again is trying to set her up. Blind dates o my now we know how those can work out. Will Keira find love again? Kimberly has a wonderful with romance and keeping it a clean read. Can God shine through their lives? I highly recommend this romance. It was a real feel good book. Looking forward to Kimberly’s next book. 5 star. About the Author: Kimberly Rose Johnson married her college sweetheart and is a graduate of Northwest University. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, two teenage sons and their yellow lab. Kimberly is an avid reader and loves romance, suspense and romantic suspense. She enjoys playing the piano, hiking and coffee with friends. She loves hearing from her fans. You can connect with her on her website at kimberlyrosejohnson.com or follow her on Twitter @kimberlyrose.joh. Visit Diana’s Site for More Reviews Many thanks to Diana Montgomery for sharing her reviews from her blog, Diana’s Tea Time Reviews. You can check out all of her reviews by visiting her on the web at: http://dianasbookit.blogspot.com/ Diana will be sharing reviews with us from time to time here at READER’S ROCK.
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