Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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A Staue of Sympathy.
My blessing, young brother! an honest God-speed,
A Christian and true British cheer!
The best and the wisest among us have need
Of hearty encouragement here:
And wholesome it is to be hail'd, as we go
Along the dark rapids of life,
By those who are weath'ring the perils, and know
The way to be steer'd in the strife!
A Christian and true British cheer!
The best and the wisest among us have need
Of hearty encouragement here:
And wholesome it is to be hail'd, as we go
Along the dark rapids of life,
By those who are weath'ring the perils, and know
The way to be steer'd in the strife!
By diligence, brother, and quiet content;
By purity, growing from prayer;
By looking on all things as order'd and sent
From God, in His fatherly care;
By thrusting the cup of temptation aside,
And tasting it—no! not a sip!
By cleansing the head from the cobwebs of pride,
And banishing scorn from the lip.
By purity, growing from prayer;
By looking on all things as order'd and sent
From God, in His fatherly care;
By thrusting the cup of temptation aside,
And tasting it—no! not a sip!
By cleansing the head from the cobwebs of pride,
And banishing scorn from the lip.
By reading, and working, and doing your best
In all that is duty to do;
By frankness, and fairness, and kindness exprest
To all that have dealings with you;
By cheerfulness, hopefulness, gratitude, truth;
By shunning the thing that is mean;
By looking to God as the guide of your youth,
And loving your country and Queen!
In all that is duty to do;
By frankness, and fairness, and kindness exprest
To all that have dealings with you;
By cheerfulness, hopefulness, gratitude, truth;
By shunning the thing that is mean;
By looking to God as the guide of your youth,
And loving your country and Queen!
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Steer thus, O young brother! and you will indeed
Ride safe, though the surges be vext;
In this world I warrant you well to succeed,
And better than well in the next:
Go on, and be prosper'd! “Enough, and to spare,”
To godliness ever is given;
By pureness and diligence, patience and prayer,
You conquer for Earth and for Heaven!
Ride safe, though the surges be vext;
In this world I warrant you well to succeed,
And better than well in the next:
Go on, and be prosper'd! “Enough, and to spare,”
To godliness ever is given;
By pureness and diligence, patience and prayer,
You conquer for Earth and for Heaven!
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