Be sure that God Ne'er dooms t...

Be sure that God Ne'er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart.

Make us happy and you make us ...

Make us happy and you make us good.

Strike when thou wilt, the hou...

Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.

All will be gay when noontide ...

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew
The buttercups, the little children's dower.

Who knows most, doubts most; e...

Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear.

Hand
Grasps at hand, eye ...

Hand
Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,
And great hearts expand
And grow one in the sense of this world's life.

Talent should minister to geni...

Talent should minister to genius.

One wise man's verdict outweig...

One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'.

Fair or foul the lot apportion...

Fair or foul the lot apportioned life on earth, we bear alike.

Things are where things are, a...

Things are where things are, and, as fate has willed,
So shall they be fulfilled.

I know a mount, the gracious S...

I know a mount, the gracious Sun perceives
First when he visits, last, too, when he leaves
The world; and, vainly favored, it repays
The day-long glory of his steadfast gaze
By no change of its large calm front of snow.

God smiles as He has always sm...

God smiles as He has always smiled;
Ere suns and moons could wax and wane,
Ere stars were thundergirt, or piled
The Heavens, God thought on me His child;
Ordained a life for me, arrayed
Its circumstances, every one
To the minutest; ay, God said
This head this hand should rest upon
Thus, ere He fashioned star or sun.

Be sure they sleep not whom Go...

Be sure they sleep not whom God needs.

Sorrow, the heart must bear,

Sorrow, the heart must bear,
Sits in the home of each, conspicuous there.
Many a circumstance, at least,
Touches the very breast.
For those
Whom any sent away,--he knows:
And in the live man's stead,
Armor and ashes reach
The house of each.

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Wander at will,
Day after...

Wander at will,
Day after day,--
Wander away,
Wandering still--
Soul that canst soar!
Body may slumber:
Body shall cumber
Soul-flight no more.

No thought which ever stirred<...

No thought which ever stirred
A human breast should be untold.

Truth is truth howe'er it stri...

Truth is truth howe'er it strike.

Mid the sharp, short emerald w...

Mid the sharp, short emerald wheat, scarce risen three fingers well,
The wild tulip at the end of its tube, blows out its great red bell,
Like a thin clear bubble of blood, for the children to pick and sell.

A pretty woman's worth some pa...

A pretty woman's worth some pains to see,
Nor is she spoiled, I take it, if a crown
Completes the forehead pale and tresses pure.

Might she have loved me? just ...

Might she have loved me? just as well She might have hated, who can tell!