Date: 1869
"His mind resembled chiefly the rugged and outstanding mountain, and yet it had characteristics which reminded you likewise of the gentle stream, flowing sweetly through the valley below."
preview | full record— Sprague, William Buell (1795-1876)
Date: October 10, 1869
"Recitations alone readily degenerate into dusty repetitions, and lectures alone are too often a useless expenditure of force. The lecturer pumps laboriously into sieves. The water may be wholesome, but it runs through."
preview | full record— Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926)
Date: 1890
"Have you got a brook in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow, / And blushing birds go down to drink, / And shadows tremble so?"
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Date: 1890
"The wizard-fingers never rest, / The purple brook within the breast / Still chafes its narrow bed."
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Date: 1893
"Thy mind is like a crystal brook / Wherein clean creatures live at ease / In sun-bright waves or shady nook."
preview | full record— Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1809)