 Tis the still water faileth ; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labor is glory! — the flying cloud lightens; Only the waving wing changes and brightens...  The Univercœlum and Spiritual Philosopher - Page 3621848Full view - About this book
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 336 pages
...dark rust assaileth ; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labour is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...Play the sweet keys, wouldst thou keep them in tune. MRS FRANCES OSGOOD, 1812-1850. — American. BREVITY OF HUMAN LIFE. LIKE as the damask rose you see,... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...dark rust assaileth ; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labour is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...Play the sweet keys, wouldst thou keep them in tune. MRS FRANCES OSGOOD, 1812-1850. — American. BREVITY OF HUMAN LIFE. LIKE as the damask rose you see,... | |
 | Medicine - 1864 - 814 pages
...ruat assaileth ; Flowers droop and die in the si illness of noon. Exercise is glorious ! the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...brightens ; Idle hearts only the dark future frightens; Flay the sweet keys would you keep them In tune." There are two modes of exercise which contribute,... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry, English - 1865 - 604 pages
...dark rust assaileth ! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labor is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...promptings that ever entreat us ; Rest from world sirens tha,t lure us to ilL Work — and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pillow, Work — thou shalt... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...dark rust aesaileth ! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labor is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...— from the sorrows that greet us ; Rest from all peliy vexations that meet us. Rest from sin-promptings that ever entreat us, Rest from world-sirens... | |
 | American poetry - 1865 - 326 pages
...dark rust assaileth ; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labour is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...Play the sweet keys, wouldst thou keep them in tune. Labour is rest — from the sorrows that greet us ; Rest from all petty vexations that meet us ; Rest... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry - 1865 - 342 pages
...dark rust assaileth ! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labour is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...Play the sweet keys would'st thou keep them in tune ! Labour is rest — from the sorrows that greet us, Rest from all petty vexations that meet us ; Rest... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...dark rust assaileth ! Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labour is glory ! — the flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...Play the sweet keys would'st thou keep them in tune! FRANCIS SABGENT OSGOOD. MAN. [This beautiful poem, from a MS. of very old date, has been attributed... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...dark rust assaileth ; Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon : Labour is glory ! The flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...Play the sweet keys, would'st thou keep them in tune. Labour is rest, from the sorrows that greet us, Rest from all petty vexations that meet us, Rest from... | |
 | Sunday school literature - 1866 - 344 pages
...the dark rust assaileth : Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon. Labor is glory. The flying cloud lightens ; Only the waving wing changes and...dark future frightens : Play the sweet keys, wouldst thoti keep them in tune. Labor is rest from the sorrows that' greet us ; Rest from all petty vexations... | |
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