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... house , and sleep under the same roof . If one of them is made happy , all are glad ; if one of them is sick or in trouble , all are sad ; and this union and sympathy in all things make them very HOME AND LOVE . 9 -HOME AND LOVE.
... house , and sleep under the same roof . If one of them is made happy , all are glad ; if one of them is sick or in trouble , all are sad ; and this union and sympathy in all things make them very HOME AND LOVE . 9 -HOME AND LOVE.
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... happy alone , Think what makes the pleasure of every day . It is the talking together , the playing or walking together , the seeing things together , the eating together , the learning together . " Come and play with me , " " Come and ...
... happy alone , Think what makes the pleasure of every day . It is the talking together , the playing or walking together , the seeing things together , the eating together , the learning together . " Come and play with me , " " Come and ...
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... happy and united . LOVE AT HOME . 9. " There is beauty all around , When there's love at home ; There is joy in every sound , When there's love at home . Peace and plenty here abide , Smiling sweet on every side , Time doth softly ...
... happy and united . LOVE AT HOME . 9. " There is beauty all around , When there's love at home ; There is joy in every sound , When there's love at home . Peace and plenty here abide , Smiling sweet on every side , Time doth softly ...
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... happy and well cared for than to care only for myself . Thus love makes duty pleasant . " 7. " Shall you always go on working for us , and giving us everything we want ? " asked the child . " No ; for that would be using you very B In ...
... happy and well cared for than to care only for myself . Thus love makes duty pleasant . " 7. " Shall you always go on working for us , and giving us everything we want ? " asked the child . " No ; for that would be using you very B In ...
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... workmanship of any kind , even though we are not clever , is to be able to give much enjoyment to others , and to make all our leisure hours happy hours . C 4. Children , it is not by idle amusement all THE MORNING OF LIFE . 35.
... workmanship of any kind , even though we are not clever , is to be able to give much enjoyment to others , and to make all our leisure hours happy hours . C 4. Children , it is not by idle amusement all THE MORNING OF LIFE . 35.
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Page 149 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and...
Page 113 - Th' according music of a well-mix'd state. Such is the world's great harmony, that springs From order, union, full consent of things...
Page 15 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Page 149 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Page 36 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 148 - What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light...
Page 150 - And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man : A motion and a spirit, that impels All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, ' And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create *, And what perceive...
Page 138 - Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.
Page 149 - A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts : a sense sublime Of something far more deeply Interfused, Whose dwelling Is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air And the blue sky, and in the mind of man : A motion and a spirit that impels All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods And mountains...
Page 150 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive ; well pleased to recognise In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.