Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
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... nature of your joy , and you will find out how much of it is real gold . ” " Oh , Helen , I think it is all melting away in this hot furnace . I shall have no gold left , I know , and , if so , can you blame me ? Surely it is not my ...
... nature of your joy , and you will find out how much of it is real gold . ” " Oh , Helen , I think it is all melting away in this hot furnace . I shall have no gold left , I know , and , if so , can you blame me ? Surely it is not my ...
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... Nature leads , or I tell you truly you will repent it . That child is made of a texture so fragile in body and mind that she will no more bear handling than a butterfly's wing . The discipline and method which are useful , nay , needful ...
... Nature leads , or I tell you truly you will repent it . That child is made of a texture so fragile in body and mind that she will no more bear handling than a butterfly's wing . The discipline and method which are useful , nay , needful ...
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... Nature would then have her own way , and she is a far wiser nurse than we are . Those weak little limbs of hers have no strength of muscle , and perhaps you do not know how in- timately connected our muscular and nervous systems are ...
... Nature would then have her own way , and she is a far wiser nurse than we are . Those weak little limbs of hers have no strength of muscle , and perhaps you do not know how in- timately connected our muscular and nervous systems are ...
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... nature is beset , from its inherent selfishness , and , even among the most enlightened , its very partial and limited knowledge , oppressed and grieved him . " Would that I could do more ! " thought he ; " would that I knew more ! But ...
... nature is beset , from its inherent selfishness , and , even among the most enlightened , its very partial and limited knowledge , oppressed and grieved him . " Would that I could do more ! " thought he ; " would that I knew more ! But ...
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... nature , and grieving over the existence of evil , and almost murmur- ing at our condition . ” " It is written , my friend , ' two are better than one , for if one fall , he will lift up his fellow . ' Let me walk with you , I am not ...
... nature , and grieving over the existence of evil , and almost murmur- ing at our condition . ” " It is written , my friend , ' two are better than one , for if one fall , he will lift up his fellow . ' Let me walk with you , I am not ...
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Página 132 - For I have learned To look on Nature not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts...
Página 81 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Página 132 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Página 77 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Página 237 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent ! For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn, that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.