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Page 47
... sorrows worn , Then age and want , O ill - matched pair ! Show man was made to mourn . " A few seem favorites of fate , In pleasure's lap carest ; Yet think not all the rich and great Are likewise truly blest . But , O , what crowds in ...
... sorrows worn , Then age and want , O ill - matched pair ! Show man was made to mourn . " A few seem favorites of fate , In pleasure's lap carest ; Yet think not all the rich and great Are likewise truly blest . But , O , what crowds in ...
Page 50
... sorrow Than the wail above the dead ; Both shall live , but every morrow Wake us from a widowed bed . And when thou wouldst solace gather , When our child's first accents flow , Wilt thou teach her to say " Father ! " Though his care ...
... sorrow Than the wail above the dead ; Both shall live , but every morrow Wake us from a widowed bed . And when thou wouldst solace gather , When our child's first accents flow , Wilt thou teach her to say " Father ! " Though his care ...
Page 60
... sorrow , more self - seeking , false sympathies decoy . Turn from this tinselled army , in extravagance be- decked ; Turn to where Calvary's Cross the ages long has becked . See where the Christ sits by Samaria's well , And gently rolls ...
... sorrow , more self - seeking , false sympathies decoy . Turn from this tinselled army , in extravagance be- decked ; Turn to where Calvary's Cross the ages long has becked . See where the Christ sits by Samaria's well , And gently rolls ...
Page 61
... sorrows always knowing . A torture this , not Dante even could portray With truth's reality ; oh , brother , turn and pray . AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE BY ALICE CARY Oh , good painter , tell me true , Has your hand the cunning to draw ...
... sorrows always knowing . A torture this , not Dante even could portray With truth's reality ; oh , brother , turn and pray . AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE BY ALICE CARY Oh , good painter , tell me true , Has your hand the cunning to draw ...
Page 73
... sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth , Might learn from the wisdom of age , And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth . Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and ...
... sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth , Might learn from the wisdom of age , And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth . Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON ALICE CARY angels apple-tree auld lang syne beautiful bells Bingen bird blessed blue Blynken Born brave breast breath bright brother brow child dark dead dear death doth dream dying earth eyes face fair fame father flowers forever glad glory gone grave gray hand hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW JOHN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER kiss Lady land laugh light lips live look Lord morn mother ne'er never Nevermore night o'er old Kentucky home old oaken bucket poems poet Queen rest Rock rose round shine silence sing sleep smile soldier song sorrow soul star-spangled banner stars sweet tears tell thee There's thine THOMAS MOORE thought to-night tree verse VISIT FROM ST voice wave weary weep wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind word wrote young