 | 1843 - 636 pages
...flower; From the small insect, the rich coral bower; Only man, in the plan, shrinks from his part. "Labor is life." 'Tis the still water faileth ; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, or the dark rust assaileth; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. "Labor... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...— From the small insect, the rich coral bower, Only man, in the plan, ever shrinks from his part. Labor is life !— 'Tis the still water faileth ; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth ; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assailcth ! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 508 pages
...flower ; From the small insect, the rich coral bower ; Only man, in the plan, shrinks from his part. Labor is life !— Tis the still water faileth ; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth ; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth ! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 524 pages
...flower ; From the small insect, the rich coral bower; Only man, in the plan, shrinks from his part. Labor is life !— 'Tis the still water faileth ; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth ; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth ' Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...flower ; From the small insect the rich coral bower; Only man, in the plan, shrinks from his part. Labor is life ! —'Tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | Sarah C. Carter - American poetry - 1850 - 144 pages
...flower; From the small insect the rich coral bower; Only man in the plan e'er shrinks from his part. Labor is life! — 'tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assrxileth! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | Education - 1850 - 408 pages
...flower ; From. the small insect, the rich coral bower; Only man, in the plan, shrinks from his part. Labor is life ! 'Tis the still water faileth ; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth ; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth ; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1853 - 450 pages
...flower; From the small insect, the rich coral bower; Onlv man, in the plan, shrinks from his part. Labor is life !—'Tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth ; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust asaaileth! Fluwers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Association (England) - Religion and culture - 1856 - 456 pages
...growing; More and more richly the rose-heart keeps glowing, Till from its nourishing stem it is riven! Labor is life— 'tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assailcth; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 404 pages
...sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act that each to-morrow, Find us farther thaj to-day. Dactyl: Labor is life! 'Tis the still water faileth. Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for th-e dark rust assaileth; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.... | |
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Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labor is glory! — the flying cloud lightens; Only the waving wing changes and brightens; Idle hearts only the dark future frightens; Play the sweet keys, would'st thou keep them in tune! 
