Reverberations Revised with a chapter from my autobiography. By W. M. W. Call |
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THE SHORELESS SEA.
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THE SHORELESS SEA.
Bravely, friends, ye strive to cross the sea,
But the gleaming shore approaches never;
Waves on waves still rise, and waves still flee,
But the sky's blue circle fades for ever.
But the gleaming shore approaches never;
Waves on waves still rise, and waves still flee,
But the sky's blue circle fades for ever.
Cease the eternal ocean to explore,
You can never, never cross its waters,
But that Man is man for evermore,
Murmurs from earth's thousand sons and daughters
You can never, never cross its waters,
But that Man is man for evermore,
Murmurs from earth's thousand sons and daughters
Are we not to-day, as yesterday,
Nurslings of the heavens that hang above us?
When we pass with passing hours away,
Live we not in tender hearts that love us?
Nurslings of the heavens that hang above us?
When we pass with passing hours away,
Live we not in tender hearts that love us?
You will never measure life by thought,
All its fairest, all its best revealings,
Visit pure and gentle souls unsought;
Heaven is made of holy, happy feelings.
All its fairest, all its best revealings,
Visit pure and gentle souls unsought;
Heaven is made of holy, happy feelings.
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Ask not like a slave for daily bread,
But eat gladly if your bread come daily;
Patience be your prayer when hard-bested—
Sufferers pray who bear their sufferings gaily.
But eat gladly if your bread come daily;
Patience be your prayer when hard-bested—
Sufferers pray who bear their sufferings gaily.
Worship lies in genuine word and deed;
Cast away all fear and craven sadness;
Love and courage, friends, are all ye need;
True religion is eternal gladness.
Cast away all fear and craven sadness;
Love and courage, friends, are all ye need;
True religion is eternal gladness.
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