Contents
-BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Phbe Cary
Ah, there are moments for us here, when, seeingLife’s inequalities, and woe, and care,The burdens laid upon our mortal beingSeem heavier than the human heart can bear.
Father, perfect my trust;Let my spirit feel in deathThat her feet are firmly setOn the rock of a living faith!
For little children everywhereA joyous season still we make;We bring our precious gifts to them,Even for the dear child Jesus’ sake.
For those roses bright, oh, those roses bright!I have twined them in my sister’s locksThat are hid in the dust from sight.
No thought within her bosom stirs,But wakes some feeling dark and dread;God keep thee from a doom like hers,Of living when the hopes are dead.
O years, gone down into the past,What pleasant memories come to meOf your untroubled days of peace,And hours almost of ecstasy.
There are eyes half defiant,Half meek and compliant;Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charmTo bring us good or to work us harm.
Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.