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"Whose coming seems A light, a glory, such as breaks in dreams." is fantastic and enervated a field of battle has nothing to do with dreams: and again, the two lines immediately after, "And every sword, true as o'er billows dim The needle tracks the load-star, following him" are a mere piece of enigmatical ingenuity and scientific mimminee-pimminee.
Let us not overlook another side of the question under perplexed debate. The woman who considers herself defrauded by present privations and what seem to her needless economies, loses sight, sometimes, of what John keeps before him as the load-star of his existence and endeavor; to wit, that toil and economy are for the common weal.
"Enough, Denis, that's sufficient; and now, between you and me, I say your son will be the load-star of Maynooth, winch out-tops anything I said of him yet." "There's a whole keg of whiskey, Docthor." "I see nothing, to prevent him from being a bishop; indeed, it's almost certain, for he can't be kept back." "I only hope your Reverence will be livin' when he praches his first sarmon.
But, brooding over his feelings in the solitudes of the woods, he only cherished and fanned the flame he was thinking to extinguish; and he again relapsed, again paused, again "resolved, re-resolved, and did the same;" for, on the third day, under the excuse of taking another excursion on the lake, he was drawn, as surely as the vibrating needle to the pole, to the beautiful load-star of the Magalloway.
"Go, to a voice such magic influence give Thou canst not lose its melody and live; And make an eye the load-star of thy soul; And let a glance the springs of thought control. Gaze on a mortal form with fond delight, Till the fair vision mingles with thy sight; There seek thy blessings; there repose thy trust Lean on the willow, idolize the dust!
When the civil war was at its height, the royal heart, leaping with insatiable restlessness from battle to battle, from mistress to mistress, had found a brief repose in the affections of his Corisande, famed in tradition and romance; but Corisande was suddenly abandoned, and the young widow, Madame de Guercheville, became the load-star of his erratic fancy. It was an evil hour for the Bearnais.
The best rooms, the best dresses, the choicest refreshments solemnize the meeting. While the party is assembling, the load-star of the hour is occupied in whispering conversations with the guests as they arrive. They are called brothers and sisters, and the greetings are very affectionate.
That mother's influence was upon him though a thousand miles away from her, and the thought of her in the crises of his life was the load-star of his strong heart and mind.
'What brings you here again this afternoon, Mr. Wendover? asked Ida, trying to sustain the idea of being unconcerned in the matter. 'My load-star; the same that drew me here yesterday, and will draw me here to-morrow. 'You had better not come here any more; you have no idea what a terrible person Miss Pew is. These river-side fields are her own particular property.
"In the second place, as I said before, there is one foolish person among us, who believes that Roland Graeme's heart is warm, though his head is giddy that his blood is pure, though it boils too hastily and that his faith and honour are true as the load-star, though his tongue sometimes is far less than discreet."
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