Life-lights of song, ed. by D. Page, Volume 3; Volume 571864 |
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... ; and if in any instance the authorship remains unacknowledged , the omission has arisen , not from neglect , but from the want of better information . EDINBURGH , March 1864 1 CONTENTS . A PSALM OF LIFE . Tell me PREFACE . vii.
... ; and if in any instance the authorship remains unacknowledged , the omission has arisen , not from neglect , but from the want of better information . EDINBURGH , March 1864 1 CONTENTS . A PSALM OF LIFE . Tell me PREFACE . vii.
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... BETTER BEFORE US . In the battle o ' life when new troubles oppress , THE HAMLET . The hinds how blest , who ne'er beguiled , WHOM CALL WE GAY ? PAGE 47 • 50 52 54 Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long , 56 TRUE HAPPINESS . True ...
... BETTER BEFORE US . In the battle o ' life when new troubles oppress , THE HAMLET . The hinds how blest , who ne'er beguiled , WHOM CALL WE GAY ? PAGE 47 • 50 52 54 Whom call we gay ? That honour has been long , 56 TRUE HAPPINESS . True ...
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... better . Although ye toil for little gear , Though whiles your labour may be slighted , The darkest sky is sure to clear , An ' virtue's wrangs will aye be richted Ne'er deem yoursel ' an ill - used man , Nor ca ' the world a heartless ...
... better . Although ye toil for little gear , Though whiles your labour may be slighted , The darkest sky is sure to clear , An ' virtue's wrangs will aye be richted Ne'er deem yoursel ' an ill - used man , Nor ca ' the world a heartless ...
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... better they than thou ? As theirs , is not thy will as free ? Has God with equal favours thee Neglected to endow ? True , wealth thou hast not : ' tis but dust ! Nor place uncertain as the wind ! But that thou hast , which , with thy ...
... better they than thou ? As theirs , is not thy will as free ? Has God with equal favours thee Neglected to endow ? True , wealth thou hast not : ' tis but dust ! Nor place uncertain as the wind ! But that thou hast , which , with thy ...
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... BETTER BEFORE US . IN the battle o ' life when new troubles oppress , And fortune appears to disdain us ; When the weel - hoarded shillings are fast growin ' less , That only hard toil can regain us , - We maunna sit doun at the brink o ...
... BETTER BEFORE US . IN the battle o ' life when new troubles oppress , And fortune appears to disdain us ; When the weel - hoarded shillings are fast growin ' less , That only hard toil can regain us , - We maunna sit doun at the brink o ...
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American Arouse thee bear beauty beneath better bird bless breast breath bright bring calm cheer cloud cold comes crown dark dead death dreams earth fair faith fall fate Father fear feel field flow flowers fortune fruit give given golden hand happiness hast hath hear heart heaven holy hope hour humble keep kind labour leaves life's light live Look man's mind morning Nature never night o'er pain pass peace pleasure poor rest rich round seek shade shadows shine sing sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring star Strike strong sweet tears tell thee There's thine things thou thou art thou hast thought toil true truth turn voice wealth weep wise yield young youth
Popular passages
Page 222 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 185 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 220 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 95 - Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace : » Referring to the obsequies for the dead.
Page 223 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 3 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad hearts ! without reproach or blot Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power!
Page 288 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 222 - Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 201 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 221 - When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house...