Word: vaines
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...mother's heart looked out in vain...
...beauty, - but in vain; and my poor soul...
...prize poem is something which is struggled for, and the successful man is justly admired. That such a prize has been awarded yearly, for many generations, accounts, in some degree certainly, for the rank which the poets of England have taken in the world. Here we look in vain now for those who are to succeed to the places which are occupied by Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, and Holmes. America either has no young poets coming forward at the present time, or else they are keeping themselves in the dark, to burst upon us like the harlequin in the play...
...farce "Romance under Difficulties " preceded "Alonzo," and was enjoyed by the fortunate few who occupied the front row of seats. The rest of the house watched the pantomime, and strained their ears in vain to catch the words of the actors. It was evident, however, to every one, that the part of Timothy Diggles was remarkably well played...
...vain do we search in our relentless critic's article for hearty, unbegrudged praise. Of some of the finest essays not a word. Were he disposed to be fair even, he could hardly fail to acknowledge the merits of "Quotation and Originality," of the "Progress of Culture." His complaint that he finds nothing practical in such a particularly unpractical, un-bread-and-butter subject as "Poetry and Imagination," and his surprise at hearing nothing new or startling on "Immortality," are fair specimens of his captious criticism...