The book of birthdays, Issue 339Dean & Son, 1872 - 240 pages |
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... Pain , but die that we may live . And the Gold from Araby- Fitter symbol who could see Of the love which , thrice refined , Love to God and to our kind , Duty tender'd , He will call Best pleasing sacrifice of all ? Thus so soon as far ...
... Pain , but die that we may live . And the Gold from Araby- Fitter symbol who could see Of the love which , thrice refined , Love to God and to our kind , Duty tender'd , He will call Best pleasing sacrifice of all ? Thus so soon as far ...
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... painful steps and slow ; Look now ! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing : Oh ! rest beside the weary road , And hear the angels sing ! For lo ! the days are hastening on , By prophet - bards foretold , When with the ever ...
... painful steps and slow ; Look now ! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing : Oh ! rest beside the weary road , And hear the angels sing ! For lo ! the days are hastening on , By prophet - bards foretold , When with the ever ...
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... pain ; God will help thee , for to - morrow Every day begins again . Every hour that fleets so slowly Has its task to do or bear ; Luminous the crown , and holy , If thou set each gem with care . Do not linger with regretting , Or for ...
... pain ; God will help thee , for to - morrow Every day begins again . Every hour that fleets so slowly Has its task to do or bear ; Luminous the crown , and holy , If thou set each gem with care . Do not linger with regretting , Or for ...
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... pain , Thy rest and ease securèd be . My baby , then , forbear to weep ; Be still , my babe ; sweet baby , sleep ! Thou hast , yet more to perfect this , A promise and an earnest got Of gaining everlasting bliss , Though thou , my babe ...
... pain , Thy rest and ease securèd be . My baby , then , forbear to weep ; Be still , my babe ; sweet baby , sleep ! Thou hast , yet more to perfect this , A promise and an earnest got Of gaining everlasting bliss , Though thou , my babe ...
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... pains Of ushers and of chamberlains , Nor the doctor's learnèd looks , Nor the very bishop's books , Nor the lace that wraps thy chin , No , nor for thy rank , a pin . To thy healthy self a pleasure , To the world a balm and treasure ...
... pains Of ushers and of chamberlains , Nor the doctor's learnèd looks , Nor the very bishop's books , Nor the lace that wraps thy chin , No , nor for thy rank , a pin . To thy healthy self a pleasure , To the world a balm and treasure ...
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angels anniversary babe Barry Cornwall beauty Ben Jonson birth birthday bless blest bliss bloom born breath bright brow Catharine of Braganza celebrated cheer child Christmas Cowper crown dance dark dear death deeds delight dost doth dream of home e'en early earth eyes fair fairy bowers fame fear feel flowers forbear to weep gentle George Wither gift glad glory golden grace grave hail happy hath heart heaven heavenly holy honour hope hour Isa Craig Jonson King Lady Leigh Hunt life's light live look Lord Milton morning mother natal day never night o'er old courtier pain peace pleasure poem poet poor Princess Royal Queen reign ring Robert Burns roses round sing skies sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit star star of Bethlehem sweet baby tears thee thine Thomas Hood thought unto verses wife wing Year's Day young youth
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Page xxi - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid...
Page 67 - How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Page 106 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 73 - Open the temple gates unto my love, Open them wide that she may enter in, And all the posts adorn as doth behove, And all the pillars deck with garlands trim, For to receive this Saint with honour due, That cometh in to you. With trembling steps, and humble reverence She cometh in, before th' Almighty's view; Of her ye virgins learn obedience, When so ye come into those holy places, To humble your proud faces : Bring her up to th...
Page 164 - ABIDE with me ; fast falls the eventide ; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 110 - The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, around me see! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free. Awake! (not Greece — she is awake!) Awake, my spirit! Think through whom Thy life-blood tracks its parent lake. And then strike home!
Page xxi - That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Page 38 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page xxi - Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 12 - ONE by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall ; Some are coming, some are going ; Do not strive to grasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each, Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach.