Illinois Teacher: Devoted to Education, Science and Free Schools, Volume 11, Issue 11865 |
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Page 283 - The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap, The herdsman who climbed with his goats up the steep, The beggar who wandered in search of his bread, Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust.
Page 282 - So the multitude goes, like the flower or the weed, That withers away to let others succeed; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told.
Page 282 - They loved, but the story we cannot unfold; They scorned, but the heart of the haughty is cold; They grieved, but no wail from their slumbers will come; They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is dumb.
Page 282 - tis the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Page 278 - Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
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Page 282 - The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high. Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. "The infant a mother attended and loved; The mother, that infant's affection who proved, The husband, that mother and infant who blessed — Each, all, are away to their dwellings of rest.
Page 24 - I say sometimes, that all goes by wager of battle in this world; that strength, well understood, is the measure of all worth. Give a thing time ; if it can succeed, it is a right thing.
Page 233 - Aid the dawning, tongue and pen ; Aid it, hopes of honest men ; Aid, it paper — aid it, type — Aid it. for the hour is ripe, And our earnest must not slacken Into play. Men of thought and men of action, Clear the wav ! Lo ! a cloud's about to vanish From the day; And a brazen wrong to crumble Into clay.
Page 172 - For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still, While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.