 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...word ; Thoughts conceived, but never penned, perishing unheard Take the proverb to thy heart; take and hold it fast, The mill will never grind with the water that is past. Oh! love thy God and fellow-man; thyself consider last, For come it will, when t/iou must... | |
 | Gus Williams - 1881 - 556 pages
...Thoughts conceived, but never penned, perishing, unheard. Take the proverb to thine heart, take and hold it fast — The mill will never grind with the water that is past. Oh ! love thy God and fellow-man, thyself consider last , For come it will, when thou must... | |
 | Slason Thompson - American poetry - 1886 - 474 pages
...that has passed." Take the lesson to thyself, Living heart and true ; Golden years are floating by, Learn to make the most of life, Lose no happy day...will never grind With the water that has passed." SARAH DOUDNEV CLARKE. NOTE. — The authorship of this poem has been credited with singular persistency... | |
 | Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - English literature - 1897 - 412 pages
...word, Thoughts conceived we might have penned perishing unheard. Take the lesson to thy heart, take and hold it fast— " The mill will never grind with the water that has passed." AUTHOR UNKNOWN. WHERE is the true man's fatherland ? Is it where he by chance is born ? Doth not the... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - American poetry - 1906 - 548 pages
...word unsaid, Love while life shall last — " The mill will never grind With the water that is past." Work while yet the daylight shines, Man of strength...will never grind With the water that has passed." SARAH DOUDNEY. THE IVY GREEN OH, a dainty plant is the Ivy Green, That creepeth o 'er ruins old ! Of... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry - 1923 - 890 pages
...does the streamlet glide Useless by the mill. Wait not till tomorrow's sun Beams upon the way ; All thou canst call thine own Lies in thy today. Power,...will never grind With the water that has passed." IRREVOCABLE MARY WRIGHT PLUMMER What thou hast done thou hast done; for the heavenly horses are swift.... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 888 pages
...that has passed." Oh, the wasted hours of life That have drifted by, Oh, the good we might have done, By a single word, Thoughts conceived but never penned,...will never grind With the water that has passed." IRREVOCABLE MARY WRIGHT PLUMMER What thou hast done thou hast done ; for the heavenly horses are swift.... | |
 | Editorials - 1916 - 840 pages
...Time will never bring thee back Chances swept away. Leave no tender word unsaid, Love while life shall last — "The mill will never grind With the water...will never grind With the water that has passed." "From The Editor's Scmp Book" January 8. 1916 Unsolicited Appreciation Waterloo, Ind., Press It is... | |
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The mill will never grind With the water that has passed. " Oh, the wasted hours of life That have drifted by ; Oh, the good we might have done, Lost without a sigh ; Love that we might once have saved By a single word ; Thoughts conceived, but never... 