My heart is like a singing bir...

My heart is like a singing bird.

She gave up beauty in her tend...

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

Oh roses for the flush of yout...

Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time.

What can I give Him,
Poor...

What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb.
If I were a Wise Man
I would do my part.
Yet what can I give Him?
I give Him my heart.

Born in a stable,
Cradled...

Born in a stable,
Cradled in a manger,
In the world His hands have made,
Born a stranger.

Were there no God, we would be...

Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one to thank.

Hope dead lives nevermore,

Hope dead lives nevermore,
No, not in heaven.

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This life is but the passage o...

This life is but the passage of a day,
This life is but a pang and all is over;
But in the life to come which fades not away
Every love shall abide and every lover.

Christmas hath a darkness;

Christmas hath a darkness;
Brighter than the blazing noon;
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low

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Spring is when life's alive in...

Spring is when life's alive in everything.

Gone were but the Winter,

Gone were but the Winter,
Come were but the Spring,
I would go to a covert
Where the birds sing;

Where in the whitethorn
Singeth a thrush,
And a robin sings
In the holly-bush.

Full of fresh scents
Are the budding boughs
Arching high over
A cool green house:

Full of sweet scents,
And whispering air
Which sayeth softly:
We spread no snare;

Here dwell in safety,
Here dwell alone,
With a clear stream
And a

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I wonder if the sap is stirrin...

I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,
If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate,
If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun
And crocus fires are kindling one by one:
Sing robin, sing:
I still am sore in doubt concerning Spring.

Spring bursts today,
For ...

Spring bursts today,
For love is risen and all the earth's at play.

Silence is more musical than a...

Silence is more musical than any song.

O passing angel, speed me with...

O passing angel, speed me with a song, a melody of heaven to reach my heart and rouse me to the race and make me strong.

Hope is like a hairball trembl...

Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...

To me it seems our duty toward...

To me it seems our duty towards the Bible is to obey its teaching in faith. I do not think we are bound to understand or account for all its utterances.

I believe because I am told to...

I believe because I am told to believe ... My faith is faith; it is not evolved out of argumentation, nor does it seek the aid of that.

Ah me, but where are now the s...

Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang When life was sweet because you call'd them sweet?

I wish I could remember the fi...

I wish I could remember the first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me;
If bright or dim the season it might be;
Summer or winter for aught I can say.
So, unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was i to see and to forsee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom, yet, for many a May.