Harry Adair and his blind mother |
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Admiral Seymour adopt Harry angels bag of oats basket beautiful behold beloved blessed Saviour blind brave boy bring you home brother church Cochrane comfort CONSTANCE ADAIR cried Harry crowned dear Constance dear Harry dear lady dear little dear Milly dear mother dear uncle dearest death Desborough Court desolate cottages door everything exclaimed face Farewell feel felt forget Fräulein glory Good-bye governess hand happy Harry's Hastings hear heart heaven Heavenly Father heir horse hymn kind kissed leave Lionel little girl live looked Lord Man's Land Master Harry mistress mother dear mother's grave narrative never night numbered poor boy pretty pretty things Rectory Sailor Jack Saint Cecilia sing soon sorrow soul spirit stranger sure sweet Sybil tell Uncle Desborough thank Thee things Thou thought to-morrow told utter voice wonderful words
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Page 42 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 5 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown : No traveller ever reached that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briars in his road.
Page 45 - For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Page 15 - ALL hail the power of Jesus' name ! Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all.
Page 109 - GREAT God, what do I see and hear ! The end of things created ! The Judge of mankind doth appear On clouds of glory seated ! The trumpet sounds ! the graves restore The dead which they contained before ! Prepare, my soul, to meet him.
Page 105 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 108 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...
Page 27 - DARE TO DO RIGHT Dare to do right! dare to be true! You have a work that no other can do, Do it so bravely, so kindly, so well, Angels will hasten the story to tell.
Page 7 - PARAPHRASED. In desert woods, with thee, my God, Where human footsteps never trod, How happy could I be ! Thou my repose from care, my light Amidst the darkness of the night, In solitude my company.
Page 73 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack...