Sunshine in the SoulRoberts Brothers, 1887 - 286 pages |
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... mother " for " bosom " in the first verse of " How beautiful our lives may be . " I must express my thanks to Messrs . J. R. Osgood & Co. , Scribner & Co. , and Roberts Brothers for their permission to use copy- righted poems .
... mother " for " bosom " in the first verse of " How beautiful our lives may be . " I must express my thanks to Messrs . J. R. Osgood & Co. , Scribner & Co. , and Roberts Brothers for their permission to use copy- righted poems .
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... lives may be ; how bright How few , who from their youthful day * I ask not , take away this weight of care . I cannot think but God must know . * I have a little trembling light , which still * I have seen a curious child I hear ...
... lives may be ; how bright How few , who from their youthful day * I ask not , take away this weight of care . I cannot think but God must know . * I have a little trembling light , which still * I have seen a curious child I hear ...
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... live : A heart , that , when my days are glad , May never from Thy way decline , And when the sky of life grows sad , May still submit its will to Thine , - A heart that loves to trust in Thee , A patient heart , create in me ! ROM THE ...
... live : A heart , that , when my days are glad , May never from Thy way decline , And when the sky of life grows sad , May still submit its will to Thine , - A heart that loves to trust in Thee , A patient heart , create in me ! ROM THE ...
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... live ; The future with sweet promise rife , And crowns of joy to give . New words to speak , new thoughts to hear , New love to give and take ; Perchance new burdens I may bear For love's own sweetest sake . New hopes to open in the sun ...
... live ; The future with sweet promise rife , And crowns of joy to give . New words to speak , new thoughts to hear , New love to give and take ; Perchance new burdens I may bear For love's own sweetest sake . New hopes to open in the sun ...
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... dazzling darkness ; as men here Say it is late and dusky , because they See not all clear . Oh for that night ! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim ! HENRY VAUGHAN , 1621-169 HYMN . I CANNOT think but God must know About.
... dazzling darkness ; as men here Say it is late and dusky , because they See not all clear . Oh for that night ! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim ! HENRY VAUGHAN , 1621-169 HYMN . I CANNOT think but God must know About.
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abide ALFRED TENNYSON beauty bird blessing blest bliss breast breath bright calm child darkness dawn dear deep divine dost doth earth eternal eyes fair faith Father fear feet flowers FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL gate GERHARD TERSTEEGEN give glad glory God's grace hand happy hath hear heart heaven HENRY VAUGHAN Hesperus holy hour hushed HYMN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JOHN STERLING light live look Lord mercy morn never night o'er pain pass path PAUL GERHARDT praise pray prayer quiet rest RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH round shadow shadows fall shine sigh silence sing Sir Launfal sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit spring star sunshine SUSAN COOLIDGE sweet tender Thee Thine things Thou art thou canst Thou hast thought Thy face Thy love Thy peace Thy presence toil trust unto Vision voice wait watch weary weep Whate'er WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind
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Page 38 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Page 35 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thon 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 38 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, a<s the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 55 - Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see; And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee.
Page 50 - No more ! I will abroad! What ! shall I ever sigh and pine ? My lines and life are free, free as the road, Loose as the wind, as large as store.
Page 42 - Calm soul of all things ! make it mine To feel, amid the city's jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make, and cannot mar. The will to neither strive nor cry, The power to feel with others give ! Calm, calm me more! nor let me die Before I have begun to live.
Page 15 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before, The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare And grass in the green field.
Page 28 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 11 - I fold my hands and wait, *"•' Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea ; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For, lo ! my own shall come to me.
Page 18 - To the solid ground Of nature trusts the Mind that builds for aye ; Convinced that there, there only, she can lay Secure foundations.