legends and lyrics - second series(勧謎才甫秤梧劵2)-及4嫗
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one reckless strife。
Do not venture all�察 �child�察 �In one frail�察 �weak heart�察 �So�察 �through any
shipwreck�察�You may save a part。
Where your soul is tempted Most to trust your fate�察�There�察�with double
caution�察�Linger�察�fear�察�and wait。
Measure all you givestill Counting what you take�察 �Love for love�此�
so placing Each an equal stake。
Treasure love�察�though ready Still to live without。 In your fondest trust�察�
keep Just one thread of doubt。
Build on no to´morrow�察 �Love has but to´day�此 �If the links seem
slackening�察�Cut the bond away。
Trust no prayer nor promise�察�Words are grains of sand�察�To keep your
heart unbroken�察�Hold it in your hand。
That your love may finish Calm as it begun�察�Learn this lesson better�察�
Dear�察�than I have done。
Years hence�察 �perhaps�察 �this warning You shall give again�察 �In just the
self´same words�察�dear�察�Andjust as muchin vain。
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VERSE�此 �MAXIMUS
Many�察�if God should make them kings�察�Might not disgrace the throne
He gave�察�How few who could as well fulfil The holier office of a slave。
I hold him great who�察�for Love's sake Can give�察�with generous�察�earnest
will�察 � Yet he who takes for Love's sweet sake�察 �I think I hold more
generous still。
I prize the instinct that can turn From vain pretence with proud disdain�察�
Yet more I prize a simple heart�察�Paying credulity with pain。
I bow before the noble mind That freely some great wrong forgives�察�
Yet nobler is the one forgiven�察�Who bears that burden well�察�and lives。
It may be hard to gain�察�and still To keep a lowly steadfast heart Yet he
who loses has to fill A harder and a truer part。
Glorious it is to wear the crown Of a deserved and pure success�察 � He
who knows how to fail has won A Crown whose lustre is not less。
Great may he be who can command And rule with just and tender
sway�察�Yet is diviner wisdom taught Better by him who can obey。
Blessed are those who die for God�察�And earn the Martyr's crown of
light ´ Yet he who lives for God may be A greater Conqueror in His sight。
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VERSE�此 �OPTIMUS
There is a deep and subtle snare Whose sure temptation hardly fails�察�
Which�察�just because it looks so fair�察�Only a noble heart assails。
So all the more we need be strong Against this false and seeming Right�察�
Which none the less is deadly wrong�察�Because it glitters clothed in light。
When duties unfulfilled remain�察�Or noble works are left unplanned�察�Or
when great deeds cry out in vain On coward heart and trembling hand�察 �
Then will a seeming Angel speak�此 � ;The hours are fleetinggreat
the need ´ If thou art strong and others weak�察�Thine be the effort and the
deed。
;Deaf are their ears who ought to hear�察�Idle their hands�察�and dull their
soul�察�While sloth�察�or ignorance�察�or fear�察�Fetters them with a blind control。
;Sort thou the tangled web aright�察 �Take thou the toiltake thou the
pain�此 �For fear the hour begin its flight�察 �While Right and Duty plead in
vain。;
And now it is I bid thee pause�察 �Nor let this Tempter bend thy will�此�
There are diviner�察�truer laws That teach a nobler lesson still。
Learn that each duty makes its claim Upon one soul�此 �not each on all。
How�察 �if God speaks thy Brother's name�察 �Dare thou make answer to the
call�拭�
The greater peril in the strife�察�The less this evil should be done�察�For as
in battle�察�so in life�察�Danger and honour still are one。
Arouse him then�此� this is thy part�此�Show him the claim�察�point out the
need�察�And nerve his arm�察�and cheer his heart�察�Then stand aside�察�and say
;God speed� ─�
Smooth thou his path ere it is trod�察 �Burnish the arms that he must
wield�察�And pray�察�with all thy strength�察�that God May crown him Victor of
the field。
And then�察 �I think�察 �thy soul shall feel A nobler thrill of true content�察�
Than if presumptuous�察�eager zeal Had seized a crown for others meant。
And even that very deed shall shine In mystic sense�察�divine and true�察�
More wholly and more purely thine ´ Because it is another's too。
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VERSE�此 �A LOST CHORD
Seated one day at the Organ�察 �I was weary and ill at ease�察 �And my
fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys。
I do not know what I was playing�察�Or what I was dreaming then�察�But I
struck one chord of music�察�Like the sound of a great Amen。
It flooded the crimson twilight Like the close of an Angel's Psalm�察�And
it lay on my fevered spirit With a touch of infinite calm。
It quieted pain and sorrow�察�Like love overcoming strife�察�It seemed the
harmonious echo From our discordant life。
It linked all perplexed meanings Into one perfect peace�察�And trembled
away into silence As if it were loth to cease。
I have sought�察�but I seek it vainly�察�That one lost chord divine�察�Which
came from the soul of the Organ�察�And entered into mine。
It may be that Death's bright angel Will speak in that chord again�察 � It
may be that only in Heaven I shall hear that grand Amen。
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VERSE�此 �TOO LATE
Hush� �speak low�察�tread softly�察�Draw the sheet aside�察 � Yes�察�she does
look peaceful�察�With that smile she died。
Yet stern want and sorrow Even now you trace On the wan�察 �worn
features Of the still white face。
Restless�察�helpless�察�hopeless�察�Was her bitter part�察 � Nowhow still the
Violets Lie upon her Heart� �
She who toiled and laboured For her daily bread�察 �See the velvet
hangings Of this stately bed。
Yes�察 �they did forgive her�察 �Brought her home at last�察 �Strove to cover
over Their relentless past。
Ah�察�they would have given Wealth�察�and home�察�and pride�察�To see her
just look happy Once before she died� �
They strove hard to please her�察�But�察�when death is near All you know
is deadened�察�Hope�察�and joy�察�and fear。
And besides�察 �one sorrow Deeper stillone pain Was beyond them�此�
healing Came to´dayin vain� �
If she had but lingered Just a few hours more�察 �Or had this letter
reached her Just one day before� �
I can almost pity Even him to´day�察�Though he let this anguish Eat her
heart away。
Yet she never blamed him�此� One day you shall know How this sorrow
happened�察�It was long ago。
I have read the letter�此�Many a weary year�察�For one word she hungered ´
There are thousands here。
If she could but hear it�察�Could but understand�察�SeeI put the letter In
her cold white hand。
Even these words�察�so longed for�察�Do not stir her rest�察�WellI should
not murmur�察�For God judges best。
She needs no more pity�察 � But I mourn his fate�察 �When he hears his
letter Came a day too late。
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