 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
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1863 - 456 Seiten
...WATSON. " A very excellent story enforcing an. admirable thought thus expressed I Mr. Kingsley : ' lie good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever : Do noble things, not dream them, all day long.' " Morning Herald. THE MAZE OP LIFE; its Flowers and Thorns. By tt Author of "The Four Sisters." With... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 Seiten
...The dream is broken — I have seen A mother die : — I'm silent now. ELIZA COOK. A FAREWELL. j\Y fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark...death, and that vast For-ever One grand, sweet song. CHARLES KINGSLEV. FAREWELL. JHEN eyes are beaming What never tongue might tell ; When tears are streaming... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 Seiten
...cares and follies ! go this way And thou art sure to prosper all the day. H. Vauzhan cm TO A CHILD MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark...day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for ever, One grand, sweet song. C. Kingsley CIV THE CHRISTIAN'S PROGRESS ' I "HROUGH sorrow's path,... | |
 | Samuel Gosnell Green - 1865 - 372 Seiten
...praise. Our lives can be sublime without all that. As another poet has said, addressing a little girl, " Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ;...death, and that vast for-ever One grand sweet song. " We may then ask, What was the secret of the greatness of John the Baptist ? And is it a secret which... | |
 | Winifred Leigh (fict.name.) - 1865 - 186 Seiten
...every action for God out of love, and witti a pure intention to please only Him."— Thomas a'Kempi*, " Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ;...day long : And so make Life, Death, and that vast For Ever One grand, sweet song." Rev. C, Kingsley. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.— WINIFRED'S TROUBLES 7 II.... | |
 | Mrs. P. A. Hanaford - 1865 - 230 Seiten
...CHRISTIAN •WORDS AND DEEDS. " Be good, sweet friend, and let who will be clever; 7>> noble deeds, not dream them all day long; And so make life, death, and that vast Forever, One grand, sweet song." EEV. CHARLES KINGSLEY. " The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips."... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 Seiten
...cares and follies ! go this way And thou art sure to prosper all the day. H. Vaughan cm TO A CHILD 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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 436 Seiten
...closing day ! How blest from earth's vain show to pass away ! a Cljilti. REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark...day long ; And so make life, death, and that vast for ever One grand sweet song. Hate! ALFRED TENNYSON.— Music by John Blockley. LATE, late, so late... | |
 | 1866 - 882 Seiten
...fellow-creatures; and seeking the good of others you shall win more joy than earthly honors can give. " ' Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do...death, and that vast forever One grand, sweet song.' " A HOTHEB'8 LOVE ВТ KISS HABT K. IPXNCIB. " Sweet is the image of a brooding doTe! Holy as heaven... | |
 | 1866 - 930 Seiten
...pen which we heartily endorse : " Be good, sweet friend, and let who will be clerer Do noble deeds, not dream them all day long. And so make life, death, and that vast Forever, One grand, sweet song." PROCHDIKOS or THI EMIX IssTmrri. Tol. IT., No. 7. This interesting number, containing some 64 pages,... | |
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