Rosemary and RueE.P. Dutton and Company, 1906 - 513 pages |
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... reach Her gentle spirit there . Thank God , who took her safely Home Before this sorrow fell ! It loses half its sting for us , Since she is shielded well . No wish that love can ' frame for her , Nor hearts most full request , But God ...
... reach Her gentle spirit there . Thank God , who took her safely Home Before this sorrow fell ! It loses half its sting for us , Since she is shielded well . No wish that love can ' frame for her , Nor hearts most full request , But God ...
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... wiser hand than yours or mine , Pours out this potion for our lips to drink . And if some friend you love is lying low Where human kisses cannot reach his face , Oh , do not blame the loving Father so , Rosemary and Rue 25.
... wiser hand than yours or mine , Pours out this potion for our lips to drink . And if some friend you love is lying low Where human kisses cannot reach his face , Oh , do not blame the loving Father so , Rosemary and Rue 25.
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... reach the land Where tired feet in sandals loose may rest , When we shall clearly know and under- stand , I think we then will say that " God knew best " . MAY RILEY SMITH . SOMEWHERE How can I cease to pray for thee ? Rosemary and Rue 27.
... reach the land Where tired feet in sandals loose may rest , When we shall clearly know and under- stand , I think we then will say that " God knew best " . MAY RILEY SMITH . SOMEWHERE How can I cease to pray for thee ? Rosemary and Rue 27.
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... reach thee with His tender care ? Can He not hear me when for thee I pray ? What matters it to Him who holds with- in The hollow of His hand all worlds , all space , That thou art done with earthly pain and sin ? Somewhere within His ...
... reach thee with His tender care ? Can He not hear me when for thee I pray ? What matters it to Him who holds with- in The hollow of His hand all worlds , all space , That thou art done with earthly pain and sin ? Somewhere within His ...
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... reach the hills sublime . Then all the more because thou canst not hear Poor human words of blessing , will I pray : " O true , brave heart , God bless thee , wheresoe'er In His great universe thou art to - day ! " ANONYMOUS ...
... reach the hills sublime . Then all the more because thou canst not hear Poor human words of blessing , will I pray : " O true , brave heart , God bless thee , wheresoe'er In His great universe thou art to - day ! " ANONYMOUS ...
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Absalom angel angel song ANONYMOUS beauty beloved blessed bliss blue breast breath bright broken flower brow calm child CHRISTINA ROSSETTI clouds cross crown dark darling dead death doth dreams earth eternal evermore eyes face fair faith feet flowers forever friends give glad gleams gloaming glory God's golden gone Good-night grave grief GUY WETMORE CARRYL happy hath hear heart Heaven heavenly holy hope HORATIUS BONAR hush JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Jesus kiss land life's light lips Little Boy Blue live lonely look Lord morning mortal vision mother never night o'er pain PHOEBE CARY prayer rest shadows shadows fall shining shore sigh silent sing smile snow song sorrow soul stars strife sweet tears tell tender Thee Thine Thou art Thou knowest thought Thy peace tired to-day toil toy dog twilight voice wait watch weary weep wonder
Popular passages
Page 165 - And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements...
Page 340 - But such a tide as moving, seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.
Page 349 - I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain.
Page 153 - Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied. We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim, and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed, — -she had Another morn than ours.
Page 423 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right ; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With...
Page 56 - There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 55 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 350 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 348 - I dare not choose my lot ; I would not, if I might ; Choose Thou for me, my God; So shall I walk aright.
Page 278 - O holy hope! and high humility, High as the heavens above! These are your walks, and you have showed them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous death! the jewel of the just, Shining nowhere but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark!