Jessie Grey; Or, The Discipline of Life: A Canadian TaleT. Nelson & Sons, 1871 - 111 pages |
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afternoon beautiful begin believe blessing bright bring brother Canada Canadian canoe cheerful child comes comfort daughter dear Jessie death earnest earth earthly enjoyment enter eyes face faith far-away father feel flowers friends gentle girls glad gone good-bye Grandma Bernard Grey's happy hath heart Jean Jessie and Willie Jessie Grey Jessie's joyously keep Lake Huron land leal leave lesson light look Lord mamma memory mind Miss Mills Montcalm morning mother Nellie never night old French old home papa passed pleasant pleasure promise Quebec quiet remember rest rock says school-house Scotland seems shade shadow shines shore sister soon sorrow St Lawrence stand strength strong summer sweet talk teacher tears tell things thought Toronto trouble trust voice walk watching weary whisper Willie and Allie Willie Grey Willie's window winter passed woods words
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Page 111 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 27 - The path of duty was the way to glory : He, that ever following her commands, On with toil of heart and knees and hands, Thro...
Page 110 - And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
Page 106 - Ah, brother! only I and thou Are left of all that circle now, — The dear home faces whereupon That fitful firelight paled and shone. Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted faces smile no more.
Page 104 - Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein.
Page 47 - To the land o' the leal. Now fare ye weel, my ain Jean, This warld's care is vain, Jean ; We'll meet and aye be fain In the land o
Page 19 - Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. " Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found...
Page 1 - O little hands! that, weak or strong, Have still to serve or rule so long, Have still so long to give or ask; I, who so much with book and pen Have toiled among my fellow-men, Am weary, thinking of your task.
Page 19 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend : Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life...
Page 106 - Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play! Who hath not learned, in hours of faith, The truth to flesh and sense unknown, That Life is ever lord of Death, And Love can never lose its own!