Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c1861 |
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... leaves one to see that he has been a fool ; and he has made himself a fool in the eyes of others too . of an ill - natured , churlish man , who has in the most guarded and cautious way ? for a neighbour , or a partner in business ? He ...
... leaves one to see that he has been a fool ; and he has made himself a fool in the eyes of others too . of an ill - natured , churlish man , who has in the most guarded and cautious way ? for a neighbour , or a partner in business ? He ...
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... leaves ; Ye hide in the heather , ye lurk in the brake , Ye dive in the sweet flags that shadow the lake : Ye skim ... leaf eddies about . Beautiful birds ! how the schoolboy remembers The warblers that 24 SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS .
... leaves ; Ye hide in the heather , ye lurk in the brake , Ye dive in the sweet flags that shadow the lake : Ye skim ... leaf eddies about . Beautiful birds ! how the schoolboy remembers The warblers that 24 SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS .
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... leaves a sting behind ! May temperance crown their feast , and friendship share ! May Pity come , Love's sister spirit , there . ! May they shun baseness , as they shun the grave ! May they be frugal , pious , humble , brave ! Sweet ...
... leaves a sting behind ! May temperance crown their feast , and friendship share ! May Pity come , Love's sister spirit , there . ! May they shun baseness , as they shun the grave ! May they be frugal , pious , humble , brave ! Sweet ...
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... leaves , And fearless there the lowly sleep , As the birds beneath their eaves . - Hemans . Counsel . Ask counsel of both times - of the ancient time what is best , and of the latter time what is fittest . - Bacon . " Remember , " said ...
... leaves , And fearless there the lowly sleep , As the birds beneath their eaves . - Hemans . Counsel . Ask counsel of both times - of the ancient time what is best , and of the latter time what is fittest . - Bacon . " Remember , " said ...
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... leaf , nor ever spring , Not endless night , yet not eternal day : The saddest birds a season find to sing , The roughest storm a calm may soon allay . Thus , with succeeding turns , God tempereth all , That man may hope to rise , yet ...
... leaf , nor ever spring , Not endless night , yet not eternal day : The saddest birds a season find to sing , The roughest storm a calm may soon allay . Thus , with succeeding turns , God tempereth all , That man may hope to rise , yet ...
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angels Barry Cornwall beauty Bernardo Tasso better birds bless blest breast breath bright charm cheerful child clouds Countess of Winchelsea dark dear death doth dream earth Eliza Cook eternity eyes faith fear feeling felonious flight flowers fools gentle give gold grave hand happy hath heart heaven honour hope hour human labour life's light live look man's marriage matter philosophy mind moral morning nature Nature's never night o'er pain passion peace pleasure poor prayer proud rainbow Children religion rich round Shakespere sigh Sir Walter Scott sleep smile soft sorrow soul speak spirit storm of passion sunbeam sweet tears tell temper thee thine things Thomas Brown thought To-day to-morrow toil true truth virtue voice waves Way-marks wear weary wind wise woman words young youth
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Página 85 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 17 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Página 45 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Página 204 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Página 75 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us; He knows each chord, — its various tone, Each spring, — its various bias: Then at the balance let's be mute; We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 266 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Página 117 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar - for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Página 229 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 17 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Página 204 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...