Between the Lights: Thoughts for the Quiet Hour"For many years gems of poetry and prose have found their way into a scrap-book, until friends, who felt a delicacy in borrowing so well-worn a volume, have urged me to give it publication. 'Between the lights' is for the 'little pause in life' at the close of the day, when the most conscientiously busy worker will steal a few moments of rest and refreshment before the lamps are lighted."--Page 3 of title page verso |
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... night - cloud sift . But as fair and real a world it is As any that rolls in the upper blue ; If you wait , you will hear its melodies , And see the sparkle of fount and dew . And often now when the skies are wild , And hoarse and ...
... night - cloud sift . But as fair and real a world it is As any that rolls in the upper blue ; If you wait , you will hear its melodies , And see the sparkle of fount and dew . And often now when the skies are wild , And hoarse and ...
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... night and the storm look as if they would last forever , but the calm and the morning cannot be stayed ; the storm in its very nature is transient . The effort of nature , as that of the human heart , ever is to return to its repose ...
... night and the storm look as if they would last forever , but the calm and the morning cannot be stayed ; the storm in its very nature is transient . The effort of nature , as that of the human heart , ever is to return to its repose ...
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... follows it in the day we are living with men ; in the eventide we begin to live with Nature ; we see the world withdrawn from us , the shades of night darken over the habitations of men , and we feel 8 BETWEEN THE LIGHTS .
... follows it in the day we are living with men ; in the eventide we begin to live with Nature ; we see the world withdrawn from us , the shades of night darken over the habitations of men , and we feel 8 BETWEEN THE LIGHTS .
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... night ; They passed and were no more . No more ? Oh , say not so ! And downward is not just ; For the sight is weak and the sense is dim That looks through heated dust . The stars and the mailèd moon , Though they seem to fall and die ...
... night ; They passed and were no more . No more ? Oh , say not so ! And downward is not just ; For the sight is weak and the sense is dim That looks through heated dust . The stars and the mailèd moon , Though they seem to fall and die ...
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... night is closing , The light and darkness are of His disposing ; And ' neath His shadow here to rest we yield us , For He will shield us . Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us ; Till morning cometh , watch , O Master , o'er us ...
... night is closing , The light and darkness are of His disposing ; And ' neath His shadow here to rest we yield us , For He will shield us . Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us ; Till morning cometh , watch , O Master , o'er us ...
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angels bear beauty beneath BERNARD OF CLUNY bird blessed blest bright calm Christ clouds comfort dark dear death deep divine dost doth earth earthly ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eternal eyes F. D. MAURICE faint faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever GEORGE ELIOT give glory God's grace grief grow hand happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly HENRY WARD BEECHER holy hope HORACE BUSHNELL hour human Immanuel's land infinite JAMES MARTINEAU Jesus leaves life's light live look Lord MADAME SWETCHINE mercy morning mountains never night o'er pain path patience peace perfect pray prayer quiet rest RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH SAMUEL RUTHERFORD shadow shining silent sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit spring stars strength sweet tears tender Thee Thine things Thou art Thou hast thought toil trust unto voice wait wandering weary WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind wings
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Page 279 - 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 280 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 27 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Lair.
Page 183 - Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose; he has found it, and will follow it...
Page 189 - DOES the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn. Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? Those who have gone before. Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? They will not keep you standing at that door. Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?...
Page 420 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 191 - I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the...
Page 256 - Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before ; He that into God's kingdom comes Must enter by this door. Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet Thy blessed face to see ; For if thy work on earth be sweet, What will thy glory be...
Page 34 - There is the throne of David; And there, from care released, .The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast. And they, who with their Leader, Have conquered in the fight, For ever and for ever Are clad in robes of white.
Page 378 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant, barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song, — where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on the...