The Nor' EastHodder and Stoughton, 1915 - 206 páginas |
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Pasajes populares
Página 53 - I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God...
Página 85 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 163 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Página 201 - Be careful for nothing ; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Página 7 - But och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Página 150 - What can we do, o'er whom the unbeholden hangs in a night with which we cannot cope ? what but look sunward, and with faces golden speak to each other softly of a hope?
Página 200 - Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?
Página 78 - He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify: Many shall see it, and shall fear, and on the Lord rely.
Página 20 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Página 187 - These sayings are true at all times, and equally true that " a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.