 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 176 pages
...before him the fact. 2 estimate, some idea of the value of a thing. ' compawate, pay ; make up for. A FAREWELL. MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey ; Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who... | |
 | Richard S. Rhodes - American poetry - 1885 - 444 pages
...there, The laughing eyes and the amber hair Of the loved one gone before. A FAREWELL. 0. KINQSLEY. My fairest child, I have no song to give you, No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey, Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who... | |
 | Criticism - 1859 - 1128 pages
...the virtue of self-respect and the ability to work, we heartily respond to the lesson of the verse, " Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever, Do noble deed.«, not dream them all day long, So >li. ilt thou make life, death, and the vast forever, One... | |
 | C. E. Alexander - Religious poetry, English - 1886 - 346 pages
...cares and follies ! go this way And thou art sure to prosper all the day. //. Vauifhan cm TO A CHILD MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No...sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble tilings, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for ever, One grand,... | |
 | Annie H. Ryder - Calendars - 1886 - 200 pages
...is an investment for the future. That end is worthy work and noble living. MARY A. LIVERMORE. 31 . My fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No...and gray ; Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave with you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream... | |
 | Gordon Augustus Southworth - 1887 - 122 pages
...fault with Nature for putting thorns on roses. I always thank her for having put roses on, thorns." 13. My fairest child, I have no song to give you; No lark...day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever j Do no"ble things, not dream them, all day long: And so make life, death, and that vast forever One... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 344 pages
...; O the weary haunt for me, All alone on Airly Beacon With his baby on my knee ! A FAREWELL. TO CEG MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe in skies so dull and gray ; Yet, if you will, one quiet hint I '11 leave you, For every day. I '11... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - Liberalism (Religion) - 1888 - 584 pages
...an upper room, and mourned the death of their hopes, saying to one another, "We trusted TO A CHILD. "My fairest child, I have no song to give you; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey: Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can give you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will... | |
 | Poetry - 1890 - 562 pages
...When to many a pair are born children fair, To be christened at morning chime." A FAREWELL. TO CEG MY fairest child, I have no song to give you ; No lark could pipe in skies so dull and gray; Yet, if you will, one quiet hint I 'll leave you For every day. I 'll tell... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 548 pages
...children call me " Mother I " and my soul will look above. • С «A SarecoefP. CHARLES KINCSLEY. Ж Y fairest child, I have no song to give you, No lark could pipe ю skies so dull and gray Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet... | |
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MY fairest child, I have no song to give you; No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey: Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long: And... 
