Rhymes with a reason, by B.1857 |
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... face clouded and miseried Is to the many but the withered leaf That must be pushed aside . Only in silent hours , from all eyes hid Save the all - seeing eyes of the Merciful One , May'st thou unbar thy bursting heart , and bid The ...
... face clouded and miseried Is to the many but the withered leaf That must be pushed aside . Only in silent hours , from all eyes hid Save the all - seeing eyes of the Merciful One , May'st thou unbar thy bursting heart , and bid The ...
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... face That all your hopes and trusts in life lie curled In that small space , And bear as rain - drops taunts that shall be flung From many a tongue : If this is to be great , How comes it that so many are of so poor estate ? MY MAN . My ...
... face That all your hopes and trusts in life lie curled In that small space , And bear as rain - drops taunts that shall be flung From many a tongue : If this is to be great , How comes it that so many are of so poor estate ? MY MAN . My ...
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... face , And read what the finger has written there- No beauty , no high breeding trace ; Wisdom , and love , and the force of prayer ! IT IS VAIN . BELT the wide earth with wires , Cover the seas with ships ; Let thy name be borne on the ...
... face , And read what the finger has written there- No beauty , no high breeding trace ; Wisdom , and love , and the force of prayer ! IT IS VAIN . BELT the wide earth with wires , Cover the seas with ships ; Let thy name be borne on the ...
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... face he gains his bread , Yet he bears a wider brow ! He showeth the mark of Christ , As his face were a written page ; And he holdeth the right in his innermost heart To a heavenly heritage . Gird the wide earth with wires , Cover the ...
... face he gains his bread , Yet he bears a wider brow ! He showeth the mark of Christ , As his face were a written page ; And he holdeth the right in his innermost heart To a heavenly heritage . Gird the wide earth with wires , Cover the ...
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... faces I love Daily , and lo ! they are near ; God doth his wonderful mercy prove Daily and hourly here ; He gives me these faces to shine like the sun And the stars ; but I dare not the dread thought brave That they all must sink down ...
... faces I love Daily , and lo ! they are near ; God doth his wonderful mercy prove Daily and hourly here ; He gives me these faces to shine like the sun And the stars ; but I dare not the dread thought brave That they all must sink down ...
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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.