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"Silver cord" Quotes from Famous Books

... day the silver cord will break, And I no more as now shall sing; But, O, the joy when I shall wake Within the palace of ...

— Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days • Annie L. Burton

... go home!" saith a fair young bride, In anguish of spirit praying; Her chosen hath broken the silver cord— Hath spoken a harsh and cruel word, And she now, alas! is saying— "I want ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 • Various

... with reared neck and quivering fangs, seemed to watch everything that was going on with absorbed and crafty vigilance, proceeded to unveil the maiden martyr, and also to tie her slight hands behind her back by means of a knotted silver cord. Then in a firm voice the ...

— Ardath - The Story of a Dead Self • Marie Corelli

... parallel, as if she were praying, with the strand of blue wool and silver cord criss-cross and diagonal betwixt her fingers. The old lady bent above them, silent and puzzled, to get the key to the strings. Twice she protruded her gouty fingers, with swollen ends; and twice she drew them back ...

— Privy Seal - His Last Venture • Ford Madox Ford

... deserve. But yet another day is coming, when they will themselves right sorrowfully pour out disapprobation upon their own deeds; for they are not stones but men, and must repent. Let them, in the interests of humanity, give their own entrails to the knife, their own silver cord to be laid bare, their own golden bowl to be watched throbbing, and I will worship at their feet. But shall I admire their discoveries at the expense of the stranger—nay, no stranger—the poor ...

— Hope of the Gospel • George MacDonald

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