The Onward reciter ed. by W. Darrah, Volume 6William Darrah 1877 |
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... mind , And lo ! its light became A lamp of life , a beacon ray , A monitory flame . The thought was small - its issue great ; A watch - fire on the hill ; It shed its radiance far adown , And cheers the valley still ! A nameless man ...
... mind , And lo ! its light became A lamp of life , a beacon ray , A monitory flame . The thought was small - its issue great ; A watch - fire on the hill ; It shed its radiance far adown , And cheers the valley still ! A nameless man ...
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... minds , when duty binds , No sacrifice is hard ! In vain and long , enduring wrong , The weak have striven ' gainst the strong ; But the day shall yet appear , When the might with the right and the truth shall be , And come what there ...
... minds , when duty binds , No sacrifice is hard ! In vain and long , enduring wrong , The weak have striven ' gainst the strong ; But the day shall yet appear , When the might with the right and the truth shall be , And come what there ...
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... mind , And then - O God ! -it was done ! And her death - shriek wild was blent with the cry Of other lives in their agony . Fair was it without - meadow - lands before , And the low green hills behind , And the scent of the flowers and ...
... mind , And then - O God ! -it was done ! And her death - shriek wild was blent with the cry Of other lives in their agony . Fair was it without - meadow - lands before , And the low green hills behind , And the scent of the flowers and ...
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... mind is changed , " he said , " O Thou that guidest me ! And hearken my vow before Thee now , If Thou wilt set me free , I will do battle with this foul Fiend , Whilst I can hear and see ; I will do battle , and prove my love Unto man ...
... mind is changed , " he said , " O Thou that guidest me ! And hearken my vow before Thee now , If Thou wilt set me free , I will do battle with this foul Fiend , Whilst I can hear and see ; I will do battle , and prove my love Unto man ...
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... mind unfurnished , his heart sorrowful , and his old age devoid of comfort . The days of his youth rose up in a vision before him , and he recalled the solemn moment when his father had placed him at the entrance of two roads , one ...
... mind unfurnished , his heart sorrowful , and his old age devoid of comfort . The days of his youth rose up in a vision before him , and he recalled the solemn moment when his father had placed him at the entrance of two roads , one ...
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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.