 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 :...  Choice Literature - Seite 3471912Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | New Church gen. confer - 616 Seiten
...and delight, but also sweetly commending those delights and blessings to others. " Be good, my child, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not...them, all day long ; And so make life, death, and the vast ' for ever ' One grand sweet song." This, then, is the message of our text. Value the Word... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...wait thee here. Oh, come to-day I CHARLES A FAREWELL. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you, Nn lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray ; Yet, ere...lesson I can leave you For every day : — Be good, my dear, and let who will, be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long; And so make life,... | |
 | 1858
...meaning on the poet's words — " Be good," my friends, " and let who will be clever ; J)o Christ-like things, not dream them all day long ; And so make life, death, and that vast for ever, One grand, sweet song." May God in heaven himself bid you a Happy New Year ! Watford. THE... | |
 | Baptist missionary society - 1846 - 986 Seiten
...hearts the greatness and beauty of Frank's one Missionary son, " BELIEVE IN JESUS." A FAREWELL. 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... | |
 | 1880 - 494 Seiten
...as Mr. Lloyd began talking to Lady Norris she remained silent till they went up stairs. CHAPTER III. "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ;...them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that rast for ever One grand, sweet song."— C. KINOSLEY. " MY dear, I will not encourage it, it is quite... | |
 | 1876 - 396 Seiten
...FARE WELL. My fairest child, I have no song to give you ; Nolarkcouldpipeto skies so dull and grey ; Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every...clever, Do noble things, not dream them all day long; Andsomake life, death, and that vast for ever, One grand, sweet song. IpOM'S rOLD boy knows how to... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1850 - 488 Seiten
...the hive of the race. Go and learn from some honey-bee the difference between existing and living ! -Let who will be clever, Do noble things, not dream...; And so, make life, death, and that vast forever, A grand, sweet song." When Indolence usurps the throne of the intellect, then courage and the strong... | |
 | 1858 - 422 Seiten
...l.1.. My fairest child, I have no song to give you ; NC) 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 will be clever ; I 1n noble things, not dream then, all day lung ; And so mnke lil'e, death, and that vast for-ever... | |
 | 644 Seiten
...single lady, though advanced in life, Is much more happy than an Ul-match'd wife. PARTING WOliDS. 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... | |
 | 1897 - 404 Seiten
...pupil —why? that be may escape punishment. Not so, says the poet Kingsley. " 'Be good, dear child, and let who will be clever, Do noble things, not dream them all day long. And so make life, death and the vast forever One grand, sweet song.' " The speaker declared that only by contributing all its resources... | |
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