The Mysterious Rubies: and Other StoriesRemington and Company, 1878 - 346 páginas |
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Página 117 - Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls, To the flowers, and be their sun.
Página 120 - As the husband is, the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.
Página 135 - Regret is dead, but love is more Than in the summers that are flown, For I myself with these have grown To something greater than before...
Página 137 - One who formed us left no spark divine In him who dwells on earth, yet loveth not. Devotion's links compose a sacred chain Of holy brightness and unmeasured length; The world with selfish rust and reckless stain May mar its beauty, but not touch its strength. Love on, love on — ay, even though the heart We fondly build on proveth like the sand ; Though one by one Faith's corner-stones depart; And even Hope's last pillar fails to stand: Though we may dread the lips we once believed, And know their...
Página 110 - And after he has come to hide Our lambs upon the other side, We know our Shepherd and our Guide. And thus, by ways not understood, Out of each dark vicissitude, God brings us compensating good. For Faith is perfected by fears. And souls renew their youth with years, And Love looks into heaven through tears.
Página 147 - Rotary insist that it is doing nothing of practical value ; therefore it may be as well to give a brief outline of the activities of the average club.
Página 125 - Ah ! but the days brought changes after, Clouds in the happy skies, Care on the lips that curled with laughter, Tears in the radiant eyes...
Página 111 - A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, As sweet as English air could make her, she.