In This Book

"Kindness soothes the bitter anguish,     Kindness wipes the falling tear,     Kindness cheers us when we languish,     Kindness makes a friend"

"Bright summer comes, all bloom and flowers,     To garland o'er her faded bowers;     There's balm and sunshine on her wing,     But where's th"

"... "They that turn many to righteousness,     shall shine as the stars forever and ever." ...     They have left their homes and kindred, the"

"Gay visions for thee 'neath hope's pencil have glowed,     Peace dwells in thy bosom, a guileless abode;     Thou hast seen the bright side of e"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"