Echoes of many voices from many lands, by A.F.1865 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 10
Page 5
... Present , it is thine ; go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear , and with a manly heart . LONGFELLOW . VI . To be thought ill of , worse than we deserve , - To have hard speeches said , cold looks dis- played By those who ...
... Present , it is thine ; go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear , and with a manly heart . LONGFELLOW . VI . To be thought ill of , worse than we deserve , - To have hard speeches said , cold looks dis- played By those who ...
Page 9
... Present from the Past . Across that heaving whirlpool She may look , and look again , There is only mist and foaming , Thick cloud and driving rain . Dead Hopes , lost Love , lost Happiness Lie pale on the tempest sea , — Seed sown in ...
... Present from the Past . Across that heaving whirlpool She may look , and look again , There is only mist and foaming , Thick cloud and driving rain . Dead Hopes , lost Love , lost Happiness Lie pale on the tempest sea , — Seed sown in ...
Page 25
... a funeral knell , slowly and deep , So tolls the Past to thee - Weep ! How speaks the Present hour ? -Act ! Walk , upward glancing ; So shall thy footsteps in glory be tracked , Slow FROM MANY LANDS . 25 Carlo Pepoli.
... a funeral knell , slowly and deep , So tolls the Past to thee - Weep ! How speaks the Present hour ? -Act ! Walk , upward glancing ; So shall thy footsteps in glory be tracked , Slow FROM MANY LANDS . 25 Carlo Pepoli.
Page 54
... present path its radiance threw . Oh ! look not forward for to - morrow's woes ! This very day beneath God's wing repose ! There's not a grief but we may learn to bear , If Israel's Shepherd makes our souls His care . Said I , " We bear ...
... present path its radiance threw . Oh ! look not forward for to - morrow's woes ! This very day beneath God's wing repose ! There's not a grief but we may learn to bear , If Israel's Shepherd makes our souls His care . Said I , " We bear ...
Page 56
... present little inch that is before you , and accomplish that in the little moment that belongs to it . The mountain and the river can only be passed in the same way , and , when you come to them , you will come to the light and strength ...
... present little inch that is before you , and accomplish that in the little moment that belongs to it . The mountain and the river can only be passed in the same way , and , when you come to them , you will come to the light and strength ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Archbishop of Dublin beloved sleep beneath BLAISE PASCAL blessed blessed band blest bliss breast bright brother brow calm cheer child Christ compagno cross dark Dean of Canterbury dear death deep doth dreams dreary dwell earth earthly earthly joy eternal eyes fade faith Father fear feel flowers frae garden of Gethsemane giveth His beloved glorious gone grace grief hand happy hath heaven heavenly hero's heart holy hope hour Jesus Jesus of Nazareth life's light live lonely look Lord Lyre MADAME GUYON mother night o'er o'er thy pain passed peace pray Saviour shine sighs smile soothes sorrow soul spirit stars sunny height sweet T. W. ROBERTSON tears tell tender thee Thine things Thou art thou canst Thou hast thoughts thy love thy prayer thy rest to-morrow trust truth unto voice watch way-marks weary weep wither words youth
Popular passages
Page 92 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Page 155 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 190 - And a feeling of sadness conies o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 191 - Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days of labor. And nights devoid of ease. Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies.
Page 129 - What would we give to our beloved? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp, to sweep, The patriot's voice, to teach and rouse, The monarch's crown, to light the brows ?He giveth His beloved, sleep.
Page 23 - FROM every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat : 'Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 2. There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads, — A place than all besides more sweet : It is the blood-bought mercy-seat.
Page v - Au. are not taken ! there are left behind Living Beloveds, tender looks to bring. And make the daylight still a happy thing, And tender voices, to make soft the wind. But if it were not so — if I could find No love in all the world for comforting. Nor any path but hollowly did ring, Where
Page 177 - SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine.
Page 65 - And who was changed, and who was dead ; And all that fills the hearts of friends, When first they feel, with secret pain, their lives thenceforth have separate ends, And never can be one again ; The first slight swerving of the heart, That words are powerless to express, And leave it still unsaid in part, Or say it in too great excess. The very tones in which we spake Had something strange, I could but mark ; The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark.
Page 69 - THEY tell us of an Indian tree, Which, howsoe'er the sun and sky May tempt its boughs to wander free, And shoot, and blossom, wide and high, Far better loves to bend its arms Downward again to that dear earth, From which the life, that fills and warms Its grateful being, first had birth. 'Tis thus, though woo'd by flattering friends, And fed with fame (if fame it be) This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee ! LOVE AND HYMEN.