Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c1861 |
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... bright sunbeams , so , it is hoped , the readers of this volume will find that the rays of various light from many minds , some of them the brightest that ever illumined the world , will prove a means of diffusing that cheering and ...
... bright sunbeams , so , it is hoped , the readers of this volume will find that the rays of various light from many minds , some of them the brightest that ever illumined the world , will prove a means of diffusing that cheering and ...
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... Bright delusions of the youthful ; Only wanting in the truthful ; Gilded baits and bursting bubbles , Proving but a sea of troubles ; Dreams of earth allied to heaven , Youth and Hope to thee are given . — Etna . Antiquity . The young ...
... Bright delusions of the youthful ; Only wanting in the truthful ; Gilded baits and bursting bubbles , Proving but a sea of troubles ; Dreams of earth allied to heaven , Youth and Hope to thee are given . — Etna . Antiquity . The young ...
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... bright brow drives the sun to clouds beneath ; Her hair's reflex , with red streaks paints the skies ; Sweet morn and evening dew falls from her breath . Nash . Remember , that if thou marry for beauty , thou bindest thyself all thy ...
... bright brow drives the sun to clouds beneath ; Her hair's reflex , with red streaks paints the skies ; Sweet morn and evening dew falls from her breath . Nash . Remember , that if thou marry for beauty , thou bindest thyself all thy ...
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... bright As it watches you trimming your soft glossy coats , Swelling your bosoms , and ruffling your throats ? Oh ! I would not ask , as the old ditties sing , To be " happy as sand - boy ” or “ happy as king ; ” For the joy is more ...
... bright As it watches you trimming your soft glossy coats , Swelling your bosoms , and ruffling your throats ? Oh ! I would not ask , as the old ditties sing , To be " happy as sand - boy ” or “ happy as king ; ” For the joy is more ...
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... bright expectation and ardent hope . Let " I will try , " be your motto in whatever you undertake , and , if you press onward , you will steadily and surely accomplish your object , and come off victorious . Try - keep trying , and you ...
... bright expectation and ardent hope . Let " I will try , " be your motto in whatever you undertake , and , if you press onward , you will steadily and surely accomplish your object , and come off victorious . Try - keep trying , and you ...
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Page 85 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 17 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 45 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 204 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Page 75 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us; He knows each chord, — its various tone, Each spring, — its various bias: Then at the balance let's be mute; We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 266 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 117 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar - for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! - May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 229 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 17 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Page 204 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...