Sinossi
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1897 Excerpt: ... CONSOLATION All are not taken; there are left behind Living Beloveds, tender looks to bring And make the daylight still a happy thing, And tender voices, to make soft the wind. But if it were not so--if I could find No love in all the world for comforting, Nor any path that hollowly did ring, Where 'dust to dust.' the love from life disjoined, And if, before those sepulchres unmoving I stood alone (as some forsaken lamb Goes bleating up the moors in weary dearth Crying, 'Where are you, O my loved and loving,' I know a voice would sound, 'Daughter, I Am: Can I suffice for Heaven and not for earth?' E. B. Browning. IN TIME OF TROUBLE Rejoice when thou dost see God take thy things from thee; Ay--the greater the loss, And the heavier the cross, The greater the gain shall be. When thy props are laid low, And friend turns to foe, 'Tis but because now God seeth that thou No longer on crutches must go--Each here Whom He setteth alone, He Himself is most near. Bjornstjerne Bjornaon. l 1 From Fells and Fiords of Norway. THE SLEEP 'HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP' Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward into souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is, For gift or grace surpassing this--'He giveth His beloved, sleep'? What would we give to our beloved? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep, The patriot's voice to teach and rouse, The monarch's crown to light the brows?--'He giveth His beloved, sleep.' What do we give to our beloved? A little faith all undisproved, A little dust to overweep, And bitter memories to make The whole world blasted for our sake: 'He giveth His beloved, sleep.' Sleep soft, beloved! we sometimes say, Who have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep; But neve...
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