Heart Throbs in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People and by Them Contributed in the $10,000 Prize Contest Initiated by the National Magazine, 1904-1905Grosset, 1905 - 436 pages |
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... side of his desk , or in that drawer long since unopened ; it may be that clipping well worn from taking out of the pocket- book often to show a friend for a hearty laugh . Wholesome good cheer , humor , comfort , hope those things that ...
... side of his desk , or in that drawer long since unopened ; it may be that clipping well worn from taking out of the pocket- book often to show a friend for a hearty laugh . Wholesome good cheer , humor , comfort , hope those things that ...
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... side of the bed . The yellow radiance of the sun shone softly in the room . " Our Father , which art in Heaven , " said the Presi- dent , in a clear , steady voice . The lips of the surgeons moved . " Hallowed be Thy name . Thy kingdom ...
... side of the bed . The yellow radiance of the sun shone softly in the room . " Our Father , which art in Heaven , " said the Presi- dent , in a clear , steady voice . The lips of the surgeons moved . " Hallowed be Thy name . Thy kingdom ...
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... side by side . The other babies have grown to be men and women , and have left the old home , and I am alone . But when I receive such letters as the one I carry in my office coat , " I understand every word , " and am young again ...
... side by side . The other babies have grown to be men and women , and have left the old home , and I am alone . But when I receive such letters as the one I carry in my office coat , " I understand every word , " and am young again ...
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... where my fathers died , Land of the pilgrims ' pride ; From every mountain side , Let freedom ring . My native country thee , Land of the noble free , - Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills , Thy woods and HEART THROBS . 11.
... where my fathers died , Land of the pilgrims ' pride ; From every mountain side , Let freedom ring . My native country thee , Land of the noble free , - Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills , Thy woods and HEART THROBS . 11.
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... side , - The curt and stern demand , and business lies , - The doubting man cajoled , and threat defied . And then at dusk when all are gone , he drops his worldly mask And takes his pen and lovingly performs a welcome task ; For never ...
... side , - The curt and stern demand , and business lies , - The doubting man cajoled , and threat defied . And then at dusk when all are gone , he drops his worldly mask And takes his pen and lovingly performs a welcome task ; For never ...
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Page 428 - Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred...
Page 147 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 176 - And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Page 7 - Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget - lest we forget...
Page 12 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song! Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong! Our fathers...
Page 32 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns," he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 36 - You've fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 23 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 362 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There, ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 38 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God : All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.