In the moonlight which is always sad, as the light of the sun itself is--as the light called human life is--at its coming and its going.

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love.

Your tale is of the longest," observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair. It is a true tale of grief and trial, and sorrow, young man," returned Mr. Brownlow, "and such tales usually are; if it were one of unmixed joy and happiness, it would be very brief.

When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.

I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing.

No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused

The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks rose to his chamber window; the hundred perfumes of the little flower-garden beneath scented the air around; the deep-green meadows shone in the morning dew that glistened on every leaf as it trembled in the gentle air: and the birds sang as if every sparkling drop were a fountain of inspiration to them.