The Bedford directory and almanack (and history of the town) compiled by T.A. Blyth, Volume 1

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Page 7 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Page 4 - Eternal Power! from whom those blessings flow, Teach me still more to wonder, more to know : Seed-time and Harvest let me see again ; Wander the leaf-strewn wood, the frozen plain: Let the first flower, corn-waving field, plain, tree,' Here round my home, still lift my soul to thee ; And let me ever, midst thy bounties, raise An humble note of thankfulness and praise !" (1) These two lines ran in the MS.:— " Pierce the dark wood and brave the sultry plain.
Page 8 - While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows, borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft ; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Page 12 - A FEW more years shall roll, .£*- A few more seasons come, And we shall be with those that rest Asleep within the tomb.
Page 5 - Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure: Seek not time, when time is past, Sober speed is wisdom's leisure. After-wits are dearly bought, Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought.
Page 12 - O'er these dark hills of time, And we shall be where suns are not, A far serener clime. 3 A few more storms shall beat On this wild rocky shore, And we shall be where tempests cease, And surges swell no more.
Page 7 - The veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of mercy.
Page 7 - LITTLE drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, And the beauteous land.
Page 7 - A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world ; Vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou a small thing, either for evil or for good...
Page 11 - THERE'S not a cheaper thing on earth, Nor yet one half so dear ; 'Tis worth more than distinguished birth, Or thousands gained a year. It lends the day a new delight — 'Tis virtue's firmest shield ; And adds more beauty to the night Than all the stars may yield.

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