From My Youth Up: Personal Reminiscences : an AutobiographyFleming H. Revell Company, 1909 - 332 pàgines |
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From My Youth Up: Personal Reminiscences : an Autobiography Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster Visualització completa - 1909 |
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Pàgina 203 - O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up —for you the flag is flung —for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths --for you the shores acrowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain!
Pàgina 107 - The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Pàgina 107 - The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Pàgina 172 - Wild are the waves which lash the reefs along St. George's bank — Cold on the shore of Labrador the fog lies white and dank ; Through storm, and wave, and blinding mist, stout are the hearts which man The fishing-smacks of Marblehead, the sea-boats of Cape Ann. The cold north light and wintry sun glare on their icy forms, Bent grimly o'er their straining lines or wrestling with the storms ; Free as the winds they drive before, rough as the waves they roam, They laugh to scorn the slaver's threat...
Pàgina 175 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Pàgina 174 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Pàgina 321 - FATHER, I know that all my life Is portioned out for me, And the changes that are sure to come, I do not fear to see ; But I ask Thee for a present mind Intent on pleasing Thee.
Pàgina 236 - The angel took a sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, The man would be a boy again. And be a husband, too! "And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years.
Pàgina 171 - Yet, not one brown, hard hand foregoes its honest labor here, No hewer of our mountain oaks suspends his axe in fear.
Pàgina 321 - I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes ; And a heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize.