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Mistaken mortal, ever fretting, Grasping, grinding, groaning, getting, Be content! If thou hast enough, be thankful, Just as if thou had a bankful, Be content! If fortune cast thy lot but humble, Earn thy bread and do not grumble, Be…

Now is a constant warning stroke, Beat by the ceaseless clock of Time; A voice our wisdom to evoke, A mandate solemnly sublime; It bids us keep the soul awake, To do the best our means allow; To toil for truth's and virtue's sake, And make the…

Bear thee up bravely, Strong heart and true, Meet thy woes gravely, Strive with them too! Let them not win from thee Tears of regret; Such were a sin for thee— Hope for good yet! Rouse thee from drooping, Care-laden soul. Mournfully…

Time is drawing nearer, nearer, While our heads are turning gray; Tears are falling on life's mirror Every day! Time is closing beauty's portals, Flowers are blooming to decay; Fate is delving graves for mortals Every day! While our…

It must be sweet in childhood to give back The spirit to its Maker, ere the heart Has grown familiar with the paths of sin, And sown, to garner up its bitter fruits. I knew a boy whose infant feet had trod Upon the blossoms of some seven springs, And…

If all our hopes and all our fears Were prisoned in life's narrow bound; If travelers through this vale of tears, We saw no better world beyond; Oh! what could check the rising sigh? What earthly thing could pleasure give? Oh! who would venture…

"I will be good, dear mother," I heard a sweet child say; "I will be good, now watch me!— I will be good all day." She lifted up her bright young eyes, With a soft and pleasing smile; Then a mother's kiss was on her lips, So free and pure from…

Who shall judge a man from manners? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may be fit for princes, Princes fit for something less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket May beclothe the golden ore Of the deepest thoughts and feeling— Satin vests…

If all my path through life should be Without a thorn, without a care: If flowers ever strewed the way. If sorrw never entered there; If all was quiet, tranquil, smoth; If happiness reigned without alloy, If strife and discord never came; If…

We stand here together, with courage and will, Resolved the right cause to maintain; With hearts true and constant, whatever may come, We firm as the rocks will remain. For the fight! for the right! here unflinching we stand; I pledge you the…