 ... life I find Not wholly vain. Books in my hands — books in my heart enshrined — Books in my brain. My friends are they : for children and for wife They serve me too ; For these alone, of all dear things in life, Have I found true. They do not flatter,...  Leaves of Life - Pàgina 14per Edith Nesbit - 1888 - 185 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1887 - 202 pàgines
...things in life, Have I found true. They do not flatter, change, deny, deceive — Ah no — not they ! The same editions which one night you leave You find...Because the names upon the fly-leaf there Are mine and her's. It's a dead flower that makes it open so — Forget-me-not — The Marriage Service .... well,... | |
 | Halkett Lord, Richard Halkett - 1888 - 572 pàgines
...things in life, Have 1 found true. They do not flatter, chance, deny, deceive— Ah no— not they ! The same editions which one night you leave You find...Because the names upon the fly-leaf there Are mine and her's. It'» a dead flower that makes it open so— Forget-me-not — The Marriage Service .... well,... | |
 | Hilary Fraser, R. S. White - 1994 - 332 pàgines
...retreated from love into his books, for They do not flatter, change, deny, deceive — Ah no — not they! The same editions which one night you leave You find...don't betray you — leave bereft Your lonely years. But he confesses that his most precious book is a Book of Common Prayer, 'Because the names upon the... | |
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