My poetry bookReligious Tract Society, 1858 - 134 pàgines |
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angels ANNA FELL bless breast bright Christ CHRISTMAS CAROL clothes cold cottage cuckoo dark dear door dwell dying soul earth ELLEN face fair father fear FIRST-FRUITS flowers form'd friends garden girl give glory God's grace green GREEN PASTURES HAPPY LAND head hear heart heaven heavenly HOLY BIBLE humble JANE TAYLOR Jesus JOHN BURTON LADYBIRD let thy light little bird little child Little children little Robin Redbreast live look look'd Lord mamma MARY HOWITT meek mercy Mercy rules morn mother nest never night o'er obey pet lamb play pleasant poor praise pray PROUD BOY pure and boundless rest round savage coast seek SHADOWS shining sing sins sleep SLUGGARD smile song soul stars sweet taught tell thing thou thought trees trod Trust and try-trust try-trust and try voice weary wisdom wondrous word youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - Now I shall be out of sight ; So through the valley and over the height, In silence I'll take my way : I will not go on like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they.
Pàgina 84 - I'll bite this basket of fruit," said he, "This costly pitcher I'll burst in three; And the glass of water they've left for me Shall 'tchick
Pàgina 109 - Not more than others I deserve, Yet God hath given me more ; For I have food while others starve, Or beg from door to door.
Pàgina 40 - A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;' Thus he wastes half his days and his hours without number; And when he gets up, he sits folding his hands, Or walks about sauntering, or trifling he stands.
Pàgina 46 - And we'll do all that father likes ; His wishes are so few — Would they were more ! that every hour Some wish of his I knew ! I'm sure it makes a happy day, When I can please him any way.
Pàgina 53 - In wisdom let us grow, As years and strength are given, That we may serve Thy Church below, And join Thy saints in heaven.
Pàgina 76 - A LITTLE girl with a happy look, Sat slowly reading a ponderous book, All bound with velvet and edged with gold ; And its weight was more than the child could hold: Yet dearly she loved to ponder it o'er, And every day she prized it more ; For it said — and she looked at her smiling mother, It said, " Little children love one another.
Pàgina 85 - His pastures so green, I know He is willing to make me His lamb, And happier far than the lambs I have seen. If I drink of the waters so peaceful and still, That flow in His field, I...
Pàgina 34 - How proud we are, how fond to show Our clothes, and call them rich and new ; When the poor sheep and silkworm wore That very clothing long before...