Lyrics on Life. By Frederic W. FarrarMacmillan and Company, 1859 - 165 pages |
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... hand , And leads him to the rough paths that demand Keen eye , and wary heart , and firmer stand , E'en for the lordly soul that never yields To passionate impulse : ye who learn to see In Death no terror , but a glorious way , Illumed ...
... hand , And leads him to the rough paths that demand Keen eye , and wary heart , and firmer stand , E'en for the lordly soul that never yields To passionate impulse : ye who learn to see In Death no terror , but a glorious way , Illumed ...
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... hand , And by the gleam of virtue's diamond arms , May drive far hence the lion - hosts of ill That growl around thee : so thou mayest live In goodness , and , as highest mountain - top Is rosy - crested on its helm of snow First in the ...
... hand , And by the gleam of virtue's diamond arms , May drive far hence the lion - hosts of ill That growl around thee : so thou mayest live In goodness , and , as highest mountain - top Is rosy - crested on its helm of snow First in the ...
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... with the mirth of clapping hands And the flow of laughter sweet , and the patter of light feet , With the ivory white of our young limbs bare , Till our bodies in we threw , and we glittered 20 The Laughter of the Sea .
... with the mirth of clapping hands And the flow of laughter sweet , and the patter of light feet , With the ivory white of our young limbs bare , Till our bodies in we threw , and we glittered 20 The Laughter of the Sea .
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... hands . Wrote Purity's divinest hieroglyph ; And nought but what was beautiful and good Could linger in thy presence . Happy boy ! Pearls that have drunk the sunbeam , gems that hide The rainbow in their bosom , and reflect A floating ...
... hands . Wrote Purity's divinest hieroglyph ; And nought but what was beautiful and good Could linger in thy presence . Happy boy ! Pearls that have drunk the sunbeam , gems that hide The rainbow in their bosom , and reflect A floating ...
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... hand , and oft Wiped from his flower - like face the crimson splash In passionate and trembling grief . At last He had recovered , stood upon his feet , • And , with a faint smile playing in his eyes , He whispered , while he leaned ...
... hand , and oft Wiped from his flower - like face the crimson splash In passionate and trembling grief . At last He had recovered , stood upon his feet , • And , with a faint smile playing in his eyes , He whispered , while he leaned ...
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