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... in our best and most earnest hours , and what has , therefore , most to do with those spiritual realities which constitute the only true life . And if , amongst the pieces included , there are some which reflect a mood of sadness , or.
... in our best and most earnest hours , and what has , therefore , most to do with those spiritual realities which constitute the only true life . And if , amongst the pieces included , there are some which reflect a mood of sadness , or.
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... true divine life and light . There are other poems , too , which will be more helpful and will seem more true to some minds than to others , according to their spiritual needs ; and I have purposely avoided applying any very rigid ...
... true divine life and light . There are other poems , too , which will be more helpful and will seem more true to some minds than to others , according to their spiritual needs ; and I have purposely avoided applying any very rigid ...
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... true inner life of Nature and of Man , of Earth and of Heaven . The difficulty has been , as might be supposed , not to find materials for such a book , but how to select from the treasures which lie open to choose from . I have omitted ...
... true inner life of Nature and of Man , of Earth and of Heaven . The difficulty has been , as might be supposed , not to find materials for such a book , but how to select from the treasures which lie open to choose from . I have omitted ...
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... to wandering men : Give true hearts but earth and sky , And some flowers to bloom and die , — Homely scenes and simple views , Lowly thoughts may best infuse . See the soft green willow springing Where the waters gently LESSONS . 21.
... to wandering men : Give true hearts but earth and sky , And some flowers to bloom and die , — Homely scenes and simple views , Lowly thoughts may best infuse . See the soft green willow springing Where the waters gently LESSONS . 21.
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... pour upon the world a flood Of harmony , with instinct more divine ; Type of the wise who soar , but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! WORDSWORTH . IN THE SHADOW S. DIE down , O dismal day 44 NATURE .
... pour upon the world a flood Of harmony , with instinct more divine ; Type of the wise who soar , but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! WORDSWORTH . IN THE SHADOW S. DIE down , O dismal day 44 NATURE .
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A. H. CLOUGH angels beauty behold beneath blessed blest breast breath bright brow BURBIDGE calm CHARLES TURNER child Child is Father CHRISTINA ROSSETTI clouds COVENTRY PATMORE dark DAVID GRAY dear death deep divine doth dream E. B. BROWNING earth eternal eyes face faith fear feet flowers FREDERICK TENNYSON GEORGE MACDONALD giveth His beloved glory God's golden grief hand happy hath hear heart Heaven heavenly holy hope hour J. H. NEWMAN JEAN INGELOW light live look Lord love thee MATTHEW ARNOLD nest night o'er pain peace pray prayer rest Ring ROBERT BROWNING round shade shine silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stars strife sweet tears tender thine things Thou art Thou dost thou hast thought toil tree truth unto voice weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE wind wings WORDSWORTH
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Page 84 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease ; R1ng out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 11 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: 10 Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 225 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Page 229 - The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet ; The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality : Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Page 54 - SWEET Day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die.
Page 227 - The homely nurse doth all she can To make her foster-child, her inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' darling of a pigmy size ! See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies.
Page 88 - And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed ; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need. I, loving freedom, and untried ; No sport...
Page 207 - FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe ; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go...
Page 24 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 245 - But the time will come, at last it will, When, Evelyn Hope, what meant, I shall say, In the lower earth, in the years long still, That body and soul so pure and gay? Why your hair was amber, I shall divine, And your mouth of your own geranium's red, And what you would do with me, in fine, In the new life come in the old one's stead.