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“Ilka blade o’ grass keps its ain drap o’ dew” |
James Ballantine |
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English |
Confide ye aye in Providence, for Providence is kind,
And bear ye a’ life’s changes, wi’ a calm and tranquil mind,
Though pressed and hemmed on every side, ha’e faith and ye ’ll win through,
For ilka blade o’ grass keps its ain drap o’ dew.
Gin reft frae friends... |
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“In the wide awe and wisdom of the night” |
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts |
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English |
In the wide awe and wisdom of the night
I saw the round world rolling on its way,
Beyond significance of depth or height,
Beyond the interchange of dark and day.
I marked the march to which is set no pause,
And that stupendous orbit, round... |
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“It is finished” |
Christina Georgina Rossetti |
1850 |
English |
Dear Lord, let me recount to Thee
Some of the great things thou hast done
For me, even me
Thy little one.
It was not I that cared for Thee,—
But Thou didst set Thy heart upon
Me, even me
Thy little one.
And... |
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“It is not death to die” |
George Washington Bethune |
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English |
It is not death to die,
To leave this weary road,
And, midst the brotherhood on high,
To be at home with God.
It is not death to close
The eye long dimmed by tears,
And wake in glorious repose,
To spend eternal years.
It... |
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“It kindles all my soul” |
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski |
1615 |
English |
From the Latin by John Mason Neale
“Urit me Patriæ decor.”
IT kindles all my soul,
My country’s loveliness! Those starry choirs
That watch around the pole,
And the moon’s tender light, and heavenly fires
Through golden halls that roll.... |
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“Jenny kissed me” |
Leigh Hunt |
1804 |
English |
JENNY 1 kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in.
Time, you thief! who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in.
Say I ’m weary, say I ’m sad;
Say that health and wealth have missed me;
Say I ’m growing old, but add—... |
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“Jesus shall reign” |
Isaac Watts |
1694 |
English |
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
Does his successive journeys run,—
His kingdom spread from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
From north to south the princes meet
To pay their homage at His feet,
While western empires own... |
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“John Anderson, my jo” |
Robert Burns |
1779 |
English |
John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonnie brow was brent;
But now your brow is beld, John,
Your locks are like the snaw;
But blessings on your frosty pow,
John Anderson, my... |
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“Keep sweet and keep movin’” |
Robert Jones Burdette |
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English |
Homely phrase of our southland bright—
Keep steady step to the flam of the drum;
Touch to the left—eyes to the right—
Sing with the soul tho’ the lips be dumb.
Hard to be good when the wind ’s in the east;
Hard to be gay when the heart is down;... |
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“Knee-deep in June” |
James Whitcomb Riley |
1869 |
English |
I.
tell you what I like the best—
’Long about knee-deep in June,
’Bout the time strawberries melts
On the vines—some afternoon
Like to jes’ git out and rest,
And not work at nothin’ else!
II.
Orchard’s where I’... |
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“Knocking, ever knocking” |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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English |
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.”
—REVELATIONS iii. 20.
KNOCKING, knocking, ever knocking?
Who is there?
’T is a pilgrim, strange and kingly,
Never such was seen before;—
Ah, sweet soul, for such a wonder,... |
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“Lead, kindly Light” |
John Henry Newman |
1821 |
English |
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,—
Lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene,—one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed... |
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“Let dogs delight to bark and bite” |
Isaac Watts |
1694 |
English |
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For ’t is their nature to;
But, children, you should never let
Your angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear... |
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“Let me not to the marriage of true minds” |
William Shakespeare |
1584 |
English |
Sonnet Cxvi.
let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments: love is not love,
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove;
O, no! it is an ever-fixèd mark,
That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;... |
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“Let not woman e’er complain” |
Robert Burns |
1779 |
English |
Let not woman e’er complain
Of inconstancy in love;
Let not woman e’er complain
Fickle man is apt to rove;
Look abroad through Nature’s range,
Nature’s mighty law is change;
Ladies, would it not be strange
Man should then a monster... |
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“Like a laverock in the lift” |
Jean Ingelow |
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English |
It ’s we two, it ’s we two for aye,
All the world, and we two, and Heaven be our stay!
Like a laverock 1 in the lift, 2 sing, O bonny bride!
All the world was Adam once, with Eve by his side.
What ’s the world, my lass, my love!—what can it do?
I am... |
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“Lord! when those glorious lights I see” |
George Wither |
1608 |
English |
Hymn and Prayer for the Use of Believers
LORD! when those glorious lights I see
With which thou hast adorned the skies,
Observing how they movèd be,
And how their splendor fills mine eyes,
Methinks it is too large a grace,
But that thy love... |
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“Love is a sickness” |
Samuel Daniel |
1582 |
English |
Love is a sickness full of woes,
All remedies refusing;
A plant that most with cutting grows,
Most barren with best using.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoyed, it sighing cries
Heigh-ho!
... |
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“Love me little, love me long” |
Anonymous |
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English |
Originally Printed in 1569
LOVE me little, love me long!
Is the burden of my song:
Love that is too hot and strong
Burneth soon to waste.
Still I would not have thee cold,—
Not too backward, nor too bold;
Love that lasteth till ’t is... |
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“Love not me for comely grace” |
Anonymous |
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English |
Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face,
Nor for any outward part,
No, nor for my constant heart;
For those may fail or turn to ill,
So thou and I shall sever;
Keep therefore a true woman’s eye,
And love me still,... |
