Rhymes with a reason, by B.1857 |
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... come the heart to tame , Is but the beast that cryeth out for blood ; The passion in the breast but slumbereth- Six thousand years ago a man was slain , And India showeth in her fields of death The bloody legacy , the handiwork of Cain ...
... come the heart to tame , Is but the beast that cryeth out for blood ; The passion in the breast but slumbereth- Six thousand years ago a man was slain , And India showeth in her fields of death The bloody legacy , the handiwork of Cain ...
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... Come up higher , where we're standing ; Though your speech be plain and rough , You can pray ; and if He hear you Is not that enough ? Come up higher , oh ! my brother , Bent and worn and toil - embrowned , Yet to Him thou'rt dear and ...
... Come up higher , where we're standing ; Though your speech be plain and rough , You can pray ; and if He hear you Is not that enough ? Come up higher , oh ! my brother , Bent and worn and toil - embrowned , Yet to Him thou'rt dear and ...
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... Come to us and we will help you , See your little ones are fed ; Ere we talk to you of heaven , We will give you bread . If we seek you sleek and wealthy , While in rags and want you move— How can you believe in mercy , Justice , truth ...
... Come to us and we will help you , See your little ones are fed ; Ere we talk to you of heaven , We will give you bread . If we seek you sleek and wealthy , While in rags and want you move— How can you believe in mercy , Justice , truth ...
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... come A constantly - increasing hum , As if these many men , with one accord , Had gone to praise the Lord- To drop life - prejudices , bigot - dreams , And mingle hearts and thoughts as mingle streams . It came to me , and swelled , and ...
... come A constantly - increasing hum , As if these many men , with one accord , Had gone to praise the Lord- To drop life - prejudices , bigot - dreams , And mingle hearts and thoughts as mingle streams . It came to me , and swelled , and ...
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... comes it that so many are of so poor estate ? To keep your heart all white , Clear , and unsullied , as a swift running brook- To shape your course by the sure guiding light Of God's own book , And boldly tell the world . To its face ...
... comes it that so many are of so poor estate ? To keep your heart all white , Clear , and unsullied , as a swift running brook- To shape your course by the sure guiding light Of God's own book , And boldly tell the world . To its face ...
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Angel of Death bloom of twenty breath BRIDGE OF BOATS bright brother caïque Christ cloak of clustering dear e'en earth with wires Euxine's fields are laden finger-touch flowers foes God's gold nor silver gone grief hail thy birth hands Hast thou ne'er heard heart and narrower Heaven heaven-sent rain labour land LITTLE FRANCES look million lips MOON name be borne narrower head neath need nor gold o'er Old centuries pomp and thy pray prayer showeth skies slowly homeward go smile soft red glow song soul Stamboul strange world SUMFIELD summer hours SUNDAY AT BALAKLAVA tears tell I'm sure terrible world say thee thine thou dost thou know'st tis Thou look'st alike thou ne'er thought thy dewy showers thy majesty thy pomp Tis this thought toil truth twenty summers unto voice waving corn fields Weep WEST HARDING STREET wide earth wings wintry worm you-God
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Page 1 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.