Baird Fraternity Collection, Volume 3

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1906 - Physicians
 

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Page 84 - I CAN NOT say, and I will not say That he is dead. — He is just away ! With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you...
Page 18 - There is so much bad in the best of us, And so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly behooves any of us To talk about the rest of us.
Page 84 - Mild and gentle, as he was brave, When the sweetest love of his life he gave To simple things: where the violets grew Pure as the eyes they were likened to, The touches of his hands have strayed As reverently as his lips have prayed...
Page 25 - ... that smoothed his pillow and administered to his helplessness? Oh! There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled by ingratitude. She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience, she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment, she will...
Page 7 - The days are never quite so long As in Virginia ; Nor quite so filled with happy song, As in Virginia ; And when my time has come to die, Just take me back and let me lie, Close where the James goes rolling by, Down in Virginia.
Page 25 - ... danger, nor weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled by ingratitude. She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience, she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment, she will glory in his fame and exult in his prosperity; and, if...
Page 84 - Think of him still as the same, I say; He is not dead — he is just away !
Page 84 - I cannot say — and I will not say That he is dead ... he is just away With a cherry smile and a wave of the hand He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there...
Page 25 - She was young, perhaps the idol of a happy home; she was gay and blithe as the lark, and the brothers and sisters at her father's fireside cherished her as an object of endearment. Yet she left all to join her destiny with yours; to make your home happy, and to do all that woman's...
Page 7 - The roses nowhere bloom so white As in Virginia; The sunshine nowhere shines so bright As in Virginia; The birds sing nowhere quite so sweet, And nowhere hearts so lightly beat, For heaven and earth both seem to meet Down in Virginia.

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