Morning Thoughts to Cheer the DayLittle, Brown, and Company, 1916 - American literature |
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... hope or hire And then I travelled on in winter's cold , Yet all the day I glowed before the fire . EDWIN MARKHAM Ah , how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command ! It is the heart , and not the brain , That to the highest ...
... hope or hire And then I travelled on in winter's cold , Yet all the day I glowed before the fire . EDWIN MARKHAM Ah , how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command ! It is the heart , and not the brain , That to the highest ...
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... hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses , or Dante , but different from all these ...
... hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses , or Dante , but different from all these ...
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... hope of fair renown , Let something good be said ! JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY WHA HAT we want is the clear eye to see the goodness there is among men , and the wise , skilled hand to draw it forth ; for deep down in the recesses of the spirit ...
... hope of fair renown , Let something good be said ! JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY WHA HAT we want is the clear eye to see the goodness there is among men , and the wise , skilled hand to draw it forth ; for deep down in the recesses of the spirit ...
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... — Child , lean thy head Upon my breast . It was my love that spread Thy rugged path ; hope on , till I have said , Rest , live for aye above . ANONYMOUS The heart of a man changeth his countenance , Whether 62 PRELUDE.
... — Child , lean thy head Upon my breast . It was my love that spread Thy rugged path ; hope on , till I have said , Rest , live for aye above . ANONYMOUS The heart of a man changeth his countenance , Whether 62 PRELUDE.
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... hope and fear , the rest . I step , I mount where He has led ; Men count my haltings o'er ; - I know them ; yet , though self I dread , I love His precept more . CARDINAL NEWMAN Ν IN fine , the lofty and admirable state of a mind that ...
... hope and fear , the rest . I step , I mount where He has led ; Men count my haltings o'er ; - I know them ; yet , though self I dread , I love His precept more . CARDINAL NEWMAN Ν IN fine , the lofty and admirable state of a mind that ...
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angel Anger and worry ANONYMOUS beauty blessed brother calm CHARLES CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN cheer child consciousness dark dear death divine doth dwell earth ECCLESIASTICUS EDWIN ARNOLD EDWIN MARKHAM EPICTETUS eternal evil eyes faith Father fear feel flower forever GANNETT GEORGE MACDONALD give glad glory God's grow H. W. DRESSER H. W. LONGFELLOW hand happy hath heaven heavenly HENRY WOOD HERBERT SPENCER holy hope HORACE FLETCHER human Jesus light live look Lord MARY FRANCES BUTTS mercy Messrs mind MOZOOMDAR nature never o'er pain peace perfect poem pray prayer Prelude PSALM RICHARD WATSON GILDER ROBERT BROWNING ROBERT COLLYER seek shine sing smile song sorrow spirit stars strength sunshine sweet thine things thou art thou shalt thou wilt thought thy heart thy soul true trust truth voice wait walk WILLIAM WISDOM OF SOLOMON words
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Page 203 - The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves. And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of nature which song is the best...
Page 3 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand.
Page 289 - Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 263 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 244 - Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.
Page 232 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Page 219 - Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the Gospel's, 30.
Page 3 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 160 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Page 143 - Not as a child shall we again behold her ; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child ; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face.