John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Katharine Tynan Hinkson. (1861– ?) |
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Everything has an ending: there will be An ending one sad day for you and me, And ending of the days we had together, The good companionship, all kinds of weather. |
Everything has an Ending. |
Owen Seaman. (1861– ?) |
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Whene’er I walk the public ways, How many poor that lack ablution Do probe my heart with pensive gaze, And beg a trivial contribution! 1 |
The bitter Cry of the great Unpaid. |
John Kendrick Bangs. (1862–1922) |
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To-day, whatever may annoy, The word for me is Joy, just simple Joy. |
The Word. |
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Whate’er there be of Sorrow I’ll put off till To-morrow, And when To-morrow comes, why then ’T will be To-day and Joy again. |
The Word. |
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For me, my craft is sailing on, Through mists to-day, clear seas anon. Whate’er the final harbor be ’T is good to sail upon the sea! |
The Voyage. |
Note 1. See the anonymous travesty. Whene’er I walk this beauteous earth, How many poor I see, But as I never speaks to them, They never speaks to me. [back] |