In a grass country, Volume 3 |
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Page 63 - tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and the coward stands aside...
Page 193 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Page 1 - Nor peace, nor ease, the heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.
Page 213 - A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee : Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
Page 81 - ... years' pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil...
Page 65 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Page 229 - ... ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 181 - ... Yet (a secret all sportsmen should know) Not a word will he say till the fox is away, Then he gives you a real Tally-Ho ! There's a scent, you may swear, by the pace that they drive, You must tackle to work with a will, For as sure as you stand in your stirrups alive It's a case of a run and a kill ! So I wish you good speed, a good line, and a lead, With the luck of each fence where it's low, Not the last of the troop, may you hear the who-whoop, Well pleased as you heard Tally-Ho !
Page 224 - Probably the best that could be said of her was that she was a born actress.
Page 63 - Once to every man and nation, conies the moment to decide In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. Then to side with Truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, ere it's prosperous to be just, Then it is the brave man chooses, whilst the coward stands aside.