FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25  
26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   >>   >|  
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Natalie, by Ferna Vale This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds Author: Ferna Vale Release Date: January 28, 2004 [EBook #10848] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NATALIE *** Produced by V-M Osterman, Juliet Sutherland, Veronique Durand and PG Distributed Proofreaders NATALIE; or, A GEM AMONG THE SEA-WEEDS By FERNA VALE. 1859. To thee, my darling Hattie, I dedicate the Sea-Flower would that this casket contained for such as thou, a purer gem. PREFACE. In writing the following pages the author has spent pleasant hours, which perhaps might have been less profitably employed: if anything of interest be found among them, it is well,--and, should any be led to take up their Cross in meekness and humility, searching out the path that leads the wanderer home, it is indeed well. NATALIE. CHAPTER I. THE SEA-FLOWER. "What was it that I loved so well about my childhood's home? It was the wide and wave-lashed shore, the black rocks crowned with foam! It was the sea-gull's flapping wing, all trackless in its flight, Its screaming note, that welcomed on the fierce and stormy night! The wild heath had its flowers and moss, the forest had its trees, Which, bending to the evening wind, made music in the breeze; But earth,--ha! ha! I laugh e'en now,--earth had no charms for me, Nor scene half bright enough to win my young heart from the sea. No! 't was the ocean, vast and deep, the fathomless, the free,-- The mighty rushing waters, that were ever dear to me!" ELIZA COOK. "But the goodly pearl which the merchant bought, And for which his all he gave, Was a purer pearl than will e'er be brought From under the FOAMING wave." H. F. GOULD. "Massa Grobener! Massa Grobener! Please, sar, look here! De good Lord hab left his mitest ob angels here on de beach; and please, sar, step low or de wee bit will take to its wings and fly away. De good Lord be praised! but old Bingo hab found many a bright sea-weed in his day, but dis am de sweet
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25  
26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   >>   >|  



Top keywords:
NATALIE
 

bright

 
Grobener
 
Gutenberg
 

Project

 

Natalie

 

flight

 

breeze

 

trackless

 
screaming

charms

 

flowers

 
crowned
 
flapping
 
stormy
 

forest

 
fierce
 
evening
 

bending

 

welcomed


mitest

 

angels

 

Please

 

FOAMING

 

praised

 
brought
 
fathomless
 

rushing

 

mighty

 

waters


bought
 
merchant
 

goodly

 

PROJECT

 
GUTENBERG
 
Produced
 

English

 

Language

 

Character

 
encoding

Proofreaders

 

Distributed

 

Juliet

 
Osterman
 

Sutherland

 
Veronique
 

Durand

 

whatsoever

 

restrictions

 

License