Echoes of many voices from many lands, by A.F.1865 |
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... 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 " dust to dust " the love from life dis- joined ; And if , before those sepulchres unmoving , I ...
... 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 " dust to dust " the love from life dis- joined ; And if , before those sepulchres unmoving , I ...
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... . IV . " THE WITHERED FLOWER . " THE flowers o ' the simmer time , A ' in brown - leaf shrouds are lying ; The nor ' wind is swirling the driven snaw An ' tossing the white flakes or e'er they fa B 2 FROM . MANY LANDS . 3 Williams.
... . IV . " THE WITHERED FLOWER . " THE flowers o ' the simmer time , A ' in brown - leaf shrouds are lying ; The nor ' wind is swirling the driven snaw An ' tossing the white flakes or e'er they fa B 2 FROM . MANY LANDS . 3 Williams.
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... chimes , The sound of waves by night ; The wind that , with so many a tone , Some chord within can thrill , — These may have language all thine own , To him a mystery still . Yet scorn not thou , for this , the true 28 ECHOES OF MANY ...
... chimes , The sound of waves by night ; The wind that , with so many a tone , Some chord within can thrill , — These may have language all thine own , To him a mystery still . Yet scorn not thou , for this , the true 28 ECHOES OF MANY ...
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Echoes A F. XXII . THE MERCY - SEAT . FROM every stormy wind that blows , From every swelling tide of woes , There is a calm and sure retreat , — ' Tis found beneath the Mercy - Seat . There is a place , where Jesus sheds The oil of ...
Echoes A F. XXII . THE MERCY - SEAT . FROM every stormy wind that blows , From every swelling tide of woes , There is a calm and sure retreat , — ' Tis found beneath the Mercy - Seat . There is a place , where Jesus sheds The oil of ...
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... wind may choose to blow . Yet in herself she dwelleth not , Although no home were half so fair , - No simplest duty is forgot , Life hath no dim or lowly spot That doth not in her sunshine share . She doeth little kindnesses Which most ...
... wind may choose to blow . Yet in herself she dwelleth not , Although no home were half so fair , - No simplest duty is forgot , Life hath no dim or lowly spot That doth not in her sunshine share . She doeth little kindnesses Which most ...
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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
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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.