My fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray : Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long :... The Children's journal - Página 62Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1860 - 382 páginas
...earnest meaning ? " Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever, Do noble things, not dream thee all day long ; And so make life, death, and that vast forever One grand sweet song." To every man God has given a mind for labor and a heart for song. The dignity of human nature... | |
| 1861 - 320 páginas
...from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! LONGFELLOW. A FAREWELL. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No...life, death, and that vast Forever One grand, sweet song. ('HAUI.I s KINGSLEY. PART VI. THE END. , DEATH OF THE NEWLY BAPTIZED. LYRA INNOCKNTIUM. WHAT... | |
| 1861 - 316 páginas
...from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior! A FAREWELL. LONGFELLOW. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you; No lark...life, death, and that vast Forever One grand, sweet song. CHARLES KINQSLEY. PART VI. THE END. 1 • ; B M IX c 7 ; ; • • • : ii jd 1 £ § I t 1... | |
| 1861 - 356 páginas
...wilt thou be hereafter? ALENANDER SMITH. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will' be clever ; Do nobte things, not dream them, all day long, And so make...life, death, and that vast forever, One grand sweet song. Dear, harmless age! the short, swift span, Where weeping virtue parts w,th man; Where love without... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 páginas
...old London, a kiss for mamma, We're home for the holidays. Now, huzza ! ELIZA COOK. 193. A FAKEWELL. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey : Yet ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1861 - 402 páginas
...subsequent life she sought to practise, saying to her in the words of our eloquent contemporary, " Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever, Do noble deeds, not dream them all day long, And so make life, death, and that vast for ever, One grand sweet... | |
| Christian verses - 1862 - 110 páginas
...little mite, Every little measure, Helps to spread the light, Helps to swell the treasure. Edmetton. M. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey ; Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who... | |
| 1862 - 600 páginas
...Journal" will inform me of anything which can, in truth, be considered such. INCOG. THE SONG OF LIFE. My fairest child, I have no song to give you, No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey ; Yet ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who... | |
| Eildon Manor - 1862 - 362 páginas
...AUTHOR OF "THE MAZE OF LIFE," ' JPtO. • Be good, sweet maid and let who will be clever ; I)o noblo things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever, One grand, swoet song."— C. KINOSLEY. LONDON : ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, PARUINGDON STKEET, AND 56, WALKER... | |
| Miriam Coles Harris - 1862 - 516 páginas
...wing, should lie so contentedly in so calm a nest. CHAPTER VIII. *4 Be good, sweet child, and let wlio -will be clever, Do noble things, not dream them, all day long So shalt thou make life, death, and that vast forever, One grand, sweet song." KINGSLES-. " IsTo one... | |
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