Far o'er our land extended wide,With one united voice,From hill and dale and mountain side,Let Freedom's sons rejoice.What glad tidings ring thro' the land of the West,What nation so happy as we -With peace and with plenty our Union is blest,Our land…
There is a plant that never dies -
'Tis not of earth, but heaven;
'Tis ting'd with pure celestial dyes, Its odors wafted to the skies.
By breeze or tempest driv'n;
'Tis not a tender, fragile thing -
It strengthens with the storm;
And 'midst the…
Of sorrow and distress;No friend, they say, for them is nigh,They must remain opprest.And will the Christian turn an earOf deafness to their moan!And have they then no kind Friend near,To listen to their groan?Must error's all-enchanting chainFor…
Ah! let not aught amiss within disposeA noble mind to practice on herself,And tempt opinion to support the wrongsOf passion: whatsoe'er be felt or feared,From higher judgment-seats make no appealTo lower: can you question that the soulInherits an…
Dear as thou wast, and justly dear,
We will not weep for thee;
One thought shall check the starting tear,
It is - that thou art free.
And thus shall Faith's consoling power
The tears of love restrain;
Oh! who that saw thee here on hour
Could…
God is love - His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He makes, and wo He lightens -
God is Wisdom - God is Love.
Change and chance are busy ever,
May decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never -
God is Wisdom - God is…
In vain the troubled spirit hears the voiceOf justice, holiness, and power divine:Call forth the joyous sound upon the ear,A winter sun-beam on an icy heart.There needs some better word, some summer beamTo touch the soul and melt it into peace.But…
The following is the new version of the National Anthem: God save Victoria! Long live Victoria! God save the Queen! May she triumphantly Reign o'er nation free, Their boundless joy to be -
God save the Queen!
O Lord, our God, arise, Scatter her…
If I had thought thou could'st have died,
I might not weep for thee!
But I forget, when by thy side,
That thou could'st mortal be.
It never through my mind had pass'd,
The time would e'er be o'er,
And I on thee should look my last,
And thou…
"Tribe of the wandering foot and weary breast,
When shalt thou flee away and be at rest?"
BYRON.
---Thou art fallen, O Israel! thou art scattered abroad,From the home of thy sires, by the hand of thy God;Once the honor'd the cherish'd the chosen…
