Clare Welsman, by the author of 'Pansies and asphodel'.1883 |
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Page 211 - GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!
Page 208 - Though Fancy flies away Before thy hollow tread, Yet Meditation, in her cell, Hears, with faint eye, the lingering knell, That tells her hopes are dead ; And though the tear By chance appear, Yet she can smile...
Page 7 - The men sit on one side and the women on the other, and the choir formed by the latter is very melodious.
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Page 293 - There was but one thing to do, and that was to throw himself life in hand before it, and seize the reins.
Page 287 - He put his arm round her and laid her head on his breast, and leaned his face against it.