Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth,... A Gift for the Holidays - Page 1071850Full view - About this book
| Mary E. Bromfield - Feminine names - 1875 - 136 pages
...example. " Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. " Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth." Most naturally do these thoughts lead us to the name of Catharine, a name whose graceful flowing sound... | |
| American poetry - 1875 - 432 pages
...tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal.... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and roth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. O that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal;... | |
| American poetry - 1875 - 432 pages
...Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and mth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal.... | |
| Annie H. Ryder - Calendars - 1886 - 200 pages
...tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. LONGFELLOW. 25. Knitting at her mother's door, Underneath a sycamore, That did long, white arms extend... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 346 pages
...tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Oh, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal; And that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. EXCELSIOR.... | |
| Gordon Augustus Southworth - 1887 - 122 pages
..." What you keep by you, you may change and mend, But words once spoke can never be recalled." 4. " Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth." 5. " Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil 1 Is not true leisure one with true toil ? " 6. " Three... | |
| Medicine - 1914 - 528 pages
...whole thing's done. 1 The pessimist kills a wasp on sight. The optimist waits until it stings him. Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. — Longfellow. i Love is the dawning of yesterday's tomorrow. I Medical slang at our local hospitals:... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1887 - 360 pages
...brook aud river Bear a lily in thy hand . Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth O, that dew, like balm, •-hull Btea* Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyea doth seal... | |
| Gordon Augustus Southworth, Farley Brewer Goddard - History - 1889 - 322 pages
..." What you keep by you, you may change and mend, But words once spoke can never be recalled." 4. " Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth." 5. " Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil I Is not true leisure one with true toil ? " 6. " Three... | |
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