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I called to the wind of the Winter,As he sped like a steed on his way,'Oh! rest for awhile on thy journey,And answer these questions, I pray.'Who is..

She must be honest, both in thought and deed,Of generous impulse, and above all greed;Not seeking praise, or place, or power, or pelf,But life’s best..

You do but jest, sir, and you jest not well,How could the hand be enemy of the arm,Or seed and sod be rivals! How could lightFeel jealousy of heat..

We women teach our little sons how wrongAnd how ignoble blows are; school and churchSupport our precepts and inoculateThe growing minds with thoughts..

Give us that grand word ‘woman’ once again,And let’s have done with ‘lady’: one’s a termFull of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm,Fit for the..

Wise men tell me thou, O Fate,Art invincible and great.Well, I own thy prowess; stillDare I flount thee, with my will.Thou canst shatter in a spanAll..

Do you wish the world were better?Let me tell you what to do:Set a watch for your actions,Keep them always straight and true;Rid tour mind of selfish..

Falling upon the frozen world last night,I heard the slow beat of the Winter rainPoor foolish drops, down-dripping all in vain;The ice-bound Earth..

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,Can circumvent or hinder or controlThe firm resolve of a determined soul.Gifts count for nothing; will alone..

I saw a fair youth, with a brow broad and white,And an eye that was beaming with intellect's light:And his face seemed to glow with the wealth of his..

The world was widowed by the death of Christ:Vainly its suffering soul for peace has soughtAnd found it not.For nothing, nothing, nothing has..

To Miss Eva Russell.The spring time is deaf to our pleading,The meadows are brown as can be.The hilltops are bleak and unlovely,No thrush sits and..

Uncle Rob says:Once the daisies all were white,Till a baby fellowAte his supper down one night,And stained his face all yellow.Smeared with butter..

Who is a Christian in this Christian landOf many churches and of lofty spires?Not he who sits in soft upholstered pewsBought by the profits of unholy..

There are two kinds of people on earth to-day;Just two kinds of people, no more, I say.Not the sinner and saint, for it's well understood,The good..

Wherefore in dreams are sorrows born anew,A healed wound opened, or the past revived?Last night in my deep sleep I dreamed of you –Again the old love..

Where are the temperance people?Well, scattered here and there:Some gathering in their produceTo show at the autumn fair;Some threshing wheat for..

When you go away, my friend,When you say your last good-bye,Then the summer time will end,And the winter will be nigh.Though the green grass decks..

When love is lost, the day sets towards the night,Albeit the morning sun may still be bright,And not one cloud-ship sails across the sky.Yet from the..

When I am dead, if some chastened oneSeeing the 'item, ' or hearing it saidThat my play is over and my part doneAnd I lie asleep in my narrow bed -If..

I dwell in the western inland,Afar from the sounding sea,But I seem to hear it sobbingAnd calling aloud to me,And my heart cries out for the oceanAs..

I know as my life grows older,And mine eyes have clearer sight,That under each rank of wrong, somewhereThere lies the root of right;That each sorrow..

Now what were the words of Jesus,And what would He pause and say,If we were to meet in home or street,The Lord of the world to-day?Oh, I think He..

We have scores of temperance men,Bold and earnest, brave and true,Fighting with the tongue and pen,And we value what they do.But, my friends,To gain..

Uncle Rob says,That once on a time the fire fliesWere stars with the others up in the skies.They used to shimmer, and dance and play,Night after..