"Chrysolite" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his first formal expression to his Christmas thoughts in his series of small books, the first of which was the famous "Christmas Carol," the one perfect chrysolite. The success of the book was immediate. Thackeray wrote of it: "Who can listen to objections regarding such a book as this? It seems to me a national benefit, and to every man or woman who reads ...
— The Cricket on the Hearth • Charles Dickens
... scarlet days come back to me to-night Across the span of many happy years— Dreams, haunted by the music of the spheres, And glowing skies of gold and chrysolite. The world of science bursting on my sight, And words of wisdom falling on my ears, The rhythmic thought of poets, priests, and seers, Wrought in my life a spell ...
— The Loom of Life • Cotton Noe
... heart, seraphic tongue, or eyes Clear as the morning rise, Can speak, or think, or see That bright eternity, Where the great King's transparent throne Is of an entire jasper stone? There the eye O' the chrysolite, And a sky Of diamonds, rubies, chrysoprase,— And above all thy holy face,— Makes an eternal charity. When thou thy jewels up dost bind, that day Remember us, we pray,— That where the beryl lies, And the crystal 'bove the skies, There thou mayest appoint us place Within the ...
— The World's Best Poetry Volume IV. • Bliss Carman |
