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Page 11 - while you work, Play while you play; That is the way To be cheerful and gay. All that you do Do with your might; Things done by halves Are never done right. One thing each time, And that done well, Is a very good rule, As many can tell. Moments are useless Trifled* away; So work while you work, And play while you play.
Page 70 - Go when the morning shineth, Go when the noon is bright; Go when the eve de-clineth", Go in the hush* of night. Go with pure mind and feeling, Cast earthly
Page 13 - Tis a lesson you should heed*, Try again ! If at first you don't succeed*, Try again! All that other folks can do Why with patience should not you ? Only keep this rule in view,
Page 72 - THOU, from whom we never part, Thou, whose love is everywhere, Thou, who seest every heart, Listen to our evening prayer. Father! fill our souls with love, Love unfailing", full and free,
Page 54 - ROBIN.* THERE came to my window, one morning in spring, A sweet little robin—he came there to sing; The tune he was singing was prettier far Than ever I heard on the
Page 23 - has been long on the wing, To get honey from every flower of the spring; For the bee never idles but labours all day, And
Page 79 - DRIVE the nail aright, boys, Hit it on the head, Strike with all your might, boys, While the iron's red; Lessons you've to learn, boys, Study with a will, They who reach the top, boys, First must climb the hill. Standing at the foot, boys, Gazing at the sky, How can you get up, boys, If you never try ? Though you stumble oft, boys, Never be downcast, Try, and try again, boys,
Page 13 - All that other folks can do Why with patience should not you ? Only keep this rule in view,
Page 43 - Time is ever on the wing, While I speak, or think, or sing; Whether working or at play, Time is rolling fast away.
Page 46 - will not try, in work or play, To do what good I can." Dear child, each star some light can give,