The Onward reciter ed. by W. Darrah, Volume 6William Darrah 1877 |
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... drunken lethargy ; But the Fiend had their mother , and they knew well That she was unmothered beneath his spell . He passed from this scene with that voice in his ear , " Is this thy glorious land ? Behold the shame of thy vaunting ...
... drunken lethargy ; But the Fiend had their mother , and they knew well That she was unmothered beneath his spell . He passed from this scene with that voice in his ear , " Is this thy glorious land ? Behold the shame of thy vaunting ...
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... drunken man lying on the ground . The poor fellow had evidently been turned out of doors , when all his money was gone . In a moment the gentleman hastened across the street , and , entering a grocer's shop , addressing the master ...
... drunken man lying on the ground . The poor fellow had evidently been turned out of doors , when all his money was gone . In a moment the gentleman hastened across the street , and , entering a grocer's shop , addressing the master ...
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... drunken carouse , You will only find sorrow , we fear . Oh ! it's nonsense to think That we must take to drink , Whilst we wish you a happy New Year . As the year passeth by ' Neath the dark wintry sky , We are told as time hasteth away ...
... drunken carouse , You will only find sorrow , we fear . Oh ! it's nonsense to think That we must take to drink , Whilst we wish you a happy New Year . As the year passeth by ' Neath the dark wintry sky , We are told as time hasteth away ...
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... drunken men in our streets is as numerous as ever . Some suggest better homes for the working - classes and good education for the children , but the evil of intoxication does not only exist among the poor and the ignorant , it exists ...
... drunken men in our streets is as numerous as ever . Some suggest better homes for the working - classes and good education for the children , but the evil of intoxication does not only exist among the poor and the ignorant , it exists ...
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... drunken revelry . He glanced upon the faces Of those who stood around , But in their serious aspect No kindred being found ; For his deadly crime had severed The bonds that nature bound . One last look on the heavens , Which smile as ...
... drunken revelry . He glanced upon the faces Of those who stood around , But in their serious aspect No kindred being found ; For his deadly crime had severed The bonds that nature bound . One last look on the heavens , Which smile as ...
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Page 10 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away ; And yet you lament not the days that are gone Now tell me the reason, I pray.
Page 38 - They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Page 1 - SMALL BEGINNINGS. (1) A traveler through a dusty road strewed acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, and grew into a tree. Love sought its shade, at evening time, to breathe its early vows; And age was pleased, in heats of noon, to bask beneath its boughs; The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, the birds sweet music bore; It stood a glory in its place, a blessing evermore.
Page 33 - No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed, Greater than thou. Beneath that beggar's roof, Lo ! Death doth keep his state ; Enter — no crowds attend ; Enter — no guards defend This palace gate.
Page 2 - A little spring had lost its way Amid the grass and fern; A passing stranger scooped a well, Where weary men might turn. He walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink: He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that Toil might drink.
Page 17 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 33 - Tread softly — bow the head — In reverent silence bow — No passing bell doth toll, — Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou.
Page 11 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never might grieve for the past. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And life must be hastening away ; You are cheerful, and love to converse upon death!
Page 17 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 105 - The ancient proverb teaches ; And Nature, by her trees and flowers, The same sweet sermon preaches. Think not of far-off duties, But of duties which are near ; And having once begun to work; Resolve to persevere.