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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
And stretch your hands out to these starving ones Within a stone-throw of your happy hearths ! Open tho purses which ' Our Father' hath In loving kindness for you amply fill ' cl , And help our honest and deserving poor , Our needy Brethren !—for we all are His ! Think what they suffer—what they must endure
, , — The pangs of hunger , misery , and cold , — No smile to cheer , no hope to boar them on ;—( Unless that certain hope beyond the grave !) Their little circle pining , mayhap thinn'd By sateless death , or prostrate by disease , And yet all this unmerited bv crime ' "
Ancl then follows a powerful appeal for the poor children , " powerless to express those sufferings which the poet ' s pen so well delineates . Not that he i any advocate for that indiscriminate alms-giving which sinks instead of elevating the receivers He urges us to be " Up and be Doing " n ^ 101 fu song , set to music *; telling us truly : — " pt l "It is useless to mope o ' er our troubles all day
, And to rail at the lot we inherit ; Bear in mind that success is the crown of hard work , And we all receive more than we merit . •Though the past has been dark , though the present is drear Ancl a storm o ' er the future he brewing ' Bright sunshine will smile , ere a very W while If you only be up and he doinrv . ° ' Then
get up like the lark , and to work like a man , The dictates of conscience pursuing ; Ancl to o ' orcome the strife in the battle of life , Never yield , hut be up ancl be doing- ! " Never think it beneath you to dirty your hands , If duty require yon , but do it ; " For however humble
a duty may be , ¦ If righteous , you never can rue it . As you steadily plod o ' er life ' s dangerous road , ^ The chart of the past keep reviewing- ; rot , while yon look back o ' or tho desofate track , Still keep travelling on , and be doing ! Then get up with tho lark , etc . °
" Th o . ? p tImt is constant will wear out the stone , bo if fortune be slow to reward you , Be cheerful and patient , and toil on in hope , And your conscience , approving , will guard you . JMake hay while the sun of your youth brightly shines , ^ Ur else all your lives you'll be rueing The time you have spent , ancl the chances you ' ve lost — bo don t fretbut he and be
, up doing ! Then get up with the lark , etc . " ffUr ^ TSe The eXtl ' acts T llave §' iven M ' efficient to prove that Bro It oVVoTtli 13 : ! : " I T ° . ' etento 5 and * " Momel "t the SLft7f"i^S^SSS££K5K^^^^*™ts.«fc ih0 P ;i;sBase Cottage , Stolesleu .
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
And stretch your hands out to these starving ones Within a stone-throw of your happy hearths ! Open tho purses which ' Our Father' hath In loving kindness for you amply fill ' cl , And help our honest and deserving poor , Our needy Brethren !—for we all are His ! Think what they suffer—what they must endure
, , — The pangs of hunger , misery , and cold , — No smile to cheer , no hope to boar them on ;—( Unless that certain hope beyond the grave !) Their little circle pining , mayhap thinn'd By sateless death , or prostrate by disease , And yet all this unmerited bv crime ' "
Ancl then follows a powerful appeal for the poor children , " powerless to express those sufferings which the poet ' s pen so well delineates . Not that he i any advocate for that indiscriminate alms-giving which sinks instead of elevating the receivers He urges us to be " Up and be Doing " n ^ 101 fu song , set to music *; telling us truly : — " pt l "It is useless to mope o ' er our troubles all day
, And to rail at the lot we inherit ; Bear in mind that success is the crown of hard work , And we all receive more than we merit . •Though the past has been dark , though the present is drear Ancl a storm o ' er the future he brewing ' Bright sunshine will smile , ere a very W while If you only be up and he doinrv . ° ' Then
get up like the lark , and to work like a man , The dictates of conscience pursuing ; Ancl to o ' orcome the strife in the battle of life , Never yield , hut be up ancl be doing- ! " Never think it beneath you to dirty your hands , If duty require yon , but do it ; " For however humble
a duty may be , ¦ If righteous , you never can rue it . As you steadily plod o ' er life ' s dangerous road , ^ The chart of the past keep reviewing- ; rot , while yon look back o ' or tho desofate track , Still keep travelling on , and be doing ! Then get up with tho lark , etc . °
" Th o . ? p tImt is constant will wear out the stone , bo if fortune be slow to reward you , Be cheerful and patient , and toil on in hope , And your conscience , approving , will guard you . JMake hay while the sun of your youth brightly shines , ^ Ur else all your lives you'll be rueing The time you have spent , ancl the chances you ' ve lost — bo don t fretbut he and be
, up doing ! Then get up with the lark , etc . " ffUr ^ TSe The eXtl ' acts T llave §' iven M ' efficient to prove that Bro It oVVoTtli 13 : ! : " I T ° . ' etento 5 and * " Momel "t the SLft7f"i^S^SSS££K5K^^^^*™ts.«fc ih0 P ;i;sBase Cottage , Stolesleu .