Ethical HymnsSwan Sonnenschein, 1899 - 100 pages |
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... strong . " From false crowds flying , Dwell with soothfastness ; Prize more than treasure Hearts true and brave ; Truth to thine own heart Thy soul shall save . " Trust not to fortune ; Be not o'er meddling ; Thankful receive thou Good ...
... strong . " From false crowds flying , Dwell with soothfastness ; Prize more than treasure Hearts true and brave ; Truth to thine own heart Thy soul shall save . " Trust not to fortune ; Be not o'er meddling ; Thankful receive thou Good ...
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... with which we build . Build to - day then strong and sure , With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to - morrow find its place . Longfellow . WHEN for me the silent oar Parts the silent river 18 .
... with which we build . Build to - day then strong and sure , With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to - morrow find its place . Longfellow . WHEN for me the silent oar Parts the silent river 18 .
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... strong beseeching , - What , and where is truth ? Not to ease and aimless quiet Doth the inward answer tend , But to works of love and duty , As our beings end ; Earnest toil and strong endeavour Of a spirit which within Wrestles with ...
... strong beseeching , - What , and where is truth ? Not to ease and aimless quiet Doth the inward answer tend , But to works of love and duty , As our beings end ; Earnest toil and strong endeavour Of a spirit which within Wrestles with ...
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... strong ; The lion's strength , the eagle's speed Are not alone vouchsafed to wrong . Thy nature which through fire and flood , To peace again finds out its way , Hath power to seek the highest good , And Duty's holiest cause obey ...
... strong ; The lion's strength , the eagle's speed Are not alone vouchsafed to wrong . Thy nature which through fire and flood , To peace again finds out its way , Hath power to seek the highest good , And Duty's holiest cause obey ...
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... strong , To spill no drop of blood , but dare All that may plant man's lordship firm On earth , and fire , and sea , and air . Nation with nation , land with land , Unarm'd shall live as comrades free ; In ev'ry heart and brain shall ...
... strong , To spill no drop of blood , but dare All that may plant man's lordship firm On earth , and fire , and sea , and air . Nation with nation , land with land , Unarm'd shall live as comrades free ; In ev'ry heart and brain shall ...
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A. J. Ellis ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY ancient ancient Greece angel beauty Behold bless brave breath brothers Burrington cloud dark days are going death deed deep divine dream dying earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair faith fear flower give hand hath heart Thy soul heaven holy honour hope hour human heart hymn labour land legends old Lie open life's light live Longfellow Malcolm Quin Matthew Arnold night nobler o'er Pallas Athene peace peace of God perfect prayer Ring rise rites S. F. Adams sage Samuel Longfellow seed selfish shine silent sing skies slave song of praise soul shall save spirit stars strife sublime sweet temple thee thine own heart things thou hast thought thy duty Thy neighbour thyself to-day toil tread true Truth to thine voice W. J. Fox weary Whittier wild bells wind Wisdom wise Worship wrong
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Page 7 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 97 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 77 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 61 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 65 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.
Page 38 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 34 - 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 dawninoAnother blue Day: ' : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 88 - Like warp and woof all destinies Are woven fast, Linked in sympathy like the keys Of an organ vast. Pluck one thread, and the web ye mar ; Break but one Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar Through all will run.
Page 17 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 38 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true.