Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c1861 |
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... pain of disappointed hopes , while others gain the accom- plishment of theirs by flattery ; forego the ' gracious pressure of the hand , for which others cringe and crawl . Wrap yourself in your own virtue , and seek a friend , and your ...
... pain of disappointed hopes , while others gain the accom- plishment of theirs by flattery ; forego the ' gracious pressure of the hand , for which others cringe and crawl . Wrap yourself in your own virtue , and seek a friend , and your ...
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... her haggard face . Her shabby garment to his eyes Is rich , her withered face is fair , For they are hers — and she supplies His perished mother's love and care . This world is full of pain and harm , And SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS . 5.
... her haggard face . Her shabby garment to his eyes Is rich , her withered face is fair , For they are hers — and she supplies His perished mother's love and care . This world is full of pain and harm , And SUNBEAMS FOR ALL SEASONS . 5.
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Sunbeams Clara Lucas Balfour. This world is full of pain and harm , And life at best is little worth ; Yet pure affection is a charm That almost makes a heaven of earth . Affliction . American . Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue ...
Sunbeams Clara Lucas Balfour. This world is full of pain and harm , And life at best is little worth ; Yet pure affection is a charm That almost makes a heaven of earth . Affliction . American . Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue ...
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... pain , and future unknown harms , And baby sleeps . " - Hinds . Baby - Carts . " Baby - carts , on narrow pavements , are awful bores , especially to a hurried business man . " - " Are they ? Sup- pose you and a certain pair of blue ...
... pain , and future unknown harms , And baby sleeps . " - Hinds . Baby - Carts . " Baby - carts , on narrow pavements , are awful bores , especially to a hurried business man . " - " Are they ? Sup- pose you and a certain pair of blue ...
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... pain , Feel well assured they have not lived in vain ; Then wait in peace their hour of final rest : - These are the only blest . 2 How blest is he who crowns , in shades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a ...
... pain , Feel well assured they have not lived in vain ; Then wait in peace their hour of final rest : - These are the only blest . 2 How blest is he who crowns , in shades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a ...
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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 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...
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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...
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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...