legends and lyrics- first series(勧謎才甫秤梧劵1)-及25嫗
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Song and joy and starry pleasures Crown the happy smiling hours�此�
Slowly�察�heavily�察�and sadly�察�Time with weary wings must flee�察�Marked by
pain�察�and toil�察�and sorrow�察�Where I fain would be� �
Where I am�察�the great and noble Tell me of renown and fame�察�And the
red wine sparkles highest�察�To do honour to my name�此� Far away a place is
vacant�察�By a humble hearth�察�for me�察�Dying embers dimly show it�察�Where I
fain would be� �
Where I am�察�are glorious dreaminess�察�Science�察�genius�察�art divine�察�And
the great minds whom all honour Interchange their thoughts with mine�此� A
few simple hearts are waiting�察�Longing�察�wearying�察�for me�察�Far away where
tears are falling�察�Where I fain would be� �
Where I am�察�all think me happy�察�For so well I play my part�察�None can
guess�察�who smile around me�察�How far distant is my heart ´ Far away�察�in a
poor cottage�察�Listening to the dreary sea�察�Where the treasures of my life
are�察�Where I fain would be� �
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VERSE�此 �WISHES
All the fluttering wishes Caged within thy heart Beat their wings
against it�察 �Longing to depart�察 �Till they shake their prison With their
wounded cry�察�Open wide thy heart to´day�察�And let the captives fly。
Let them first fly upward Through the starry air�察�Till you almost lose
them�察 �For their home is there�察 �Then�察 �with outspread pinions�察 �Circling
round and round�察�Wing their way�察�wherever Want and woe are found。
Where the weary stitcher Toils for daily bread�察 �Where the lonely
watcher Watches by her dead�察�Where with thin weak fingers�察�Toiling at the
loom�察�Stand the little children�察�Blighted ere they bloom。
Where�察 �by darkness blinded�察 �Groping for the light�察 �With distorted
conscience Men do wrong for right�察 �Where�察 �in the cold shadow�察 �By
smooth pleasure thrown�察�Human hearts by hundreds Harden into stone。
Where on dusty highways�察�With faint heart and slow�察�Cursing the glad
sunlight�察�Hungry outcasts go�此�Where all mirth is silenced�察�And the hearth
is chill�察�For one place is empty�察�And one voice is still。
Some hearts will be lighter While your captives roam For their tender
singing�察�Then recal them home�察�When the sunny hours Into night depart�察�
Softly they will nestle In a quiet heart。
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VERSE�此 �THE PEACE OF GOD
We ask for Peace�察�oh Lord� �Thy children ask Thy Peace�察�Not what the
world calls rest�察�That toil and care should cease�察�That through bright sunny
hours Calm Life should fleet away�察 �And tranquil night should fade In
smiling day�察 � It is not for such Peace that we would pray。
We ask for Peace�察�oh Lord� �Yet not to stand secure�察�Girt round with
iron Pride�察�Contented to endure�此�Crushing the gentle strings That human
hearts should know�察�Untouched by others' joy Or others' woe�察 � Thou�察�oh
dear Lord�察�wilt never teach us so。
We ask Thy Peace�察�oh Lord� �Through storm�察�and fear�察�and strife�察�To
light and guide us on�察�Through a long struggling life�此�While no success or
gain Shall cheer the desperate fight�察�Or nerve�察�what the world calls�察�Our
wasted might�此� Yet pressing through the darkness to the light。
It is Thine own�察�oh Lord�察�Who toil while others sleep�察�Who sow with
loving care What other hands shall reap�此�They lean on Thee entranced�察�In
calm and perfect rest�此�Give us that Peace�察�oh Lord�察�Divine and blest�察�Thou
keepest for those hearts who love Thee best。
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VERSE�此 �LIFE IN DEATH AND
DEATH IN LIFE
I。
If the dread day that calls thee hence�察 �Through a red mist of fear
should loom�察。�Closing in deadliest night and gloom Long hours of aching
dumb suspense�撮� And leave me to my lonely doom。
I think�察 �beloved�察 �I could see In thy dear eyes the loving light Glaze
into vacancy and night�察�And still say�察 �God is good to me�察�And all that He
decrees is right。;
That�察 �watching thy slow struggling breath�察 �And answering each
imperfect sign�察�I still could pray thy prayer and mine�察�And tell thee�察�dear�察�
though this was death�察�That God was love�察�and love divine。
Could hold thee in my arms�察�and lay Upon my heart thy weary head�察�
And meet thy last smile ere it fled�察 �Then hear�察 �as in a dream�察 �one say�察�
;Now all is over��she is dead。;
Could smooth thy garments with fond care�察�And cross thy hands upon
thy breast�察�And kiss thine eyelids down to rest�察�And yet say no word of
despair�察�But�察�through my sobbing�察 �It is best。;
Could stifle down the gnawing pain�察�And say�察 �We still divide our life�察�
She has the rest�察�and I the strife�察�And mine the loss�察�and hers the gain�此�My
ill with bliss for her is rife。;
Then turn�察�and the old duties take ´ Alone nowyet with earnest will
Gathering sweet sacred traces still To help me on�察�and�察�for thy sake�察�My
heart and life and soul to fill。
I think I could check vain weak tears�察�And toil��although the world's
great space Held nothing but one vacant place�察�And see the dark and weary
years Lit only by a vanished grace。
And sometimes�察�when the day was o'er�察�Call up the tender past again�此�
Its painful joy�察�its happy pain�察�And live it over yet once more�察�And say�察�
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;But few more years remain。;
And then�察�when I had striven my best�察�And all around would smiling
say�察 �See how Time makes all grief decay�察─�Would lie down thankfully to
rest�察�And seek thee in eternal day。
II。
But if the day should ever rise ´ It could not and it cannot be ´ Yet�察�if
the sun should ever see�察�Looking upon us from his skies�察�A day that took
thy heart from me�察�
If loving thee still more and more�察�And still so willing to be blind�察�I
should the bitter knowledge find�察�That Time had eaten out the core Of love�察�
and left the empty rind�察�
If the poor lifeless words�察 �at last�察 。�The soul gone�察 �that was once so
sweet�撮� Should cease my eager heart to cheat�察�And crumble back into the
past�察�And show the whole a vain deceit�察�
If I should see thee turn away�察�And know that prayer�察 �and time�察 �and
pain�察�Could no more thy lost love regain�察�Than bid the hours of dying day
Gleam in their mid´day noon again�察�
If I should loose thy hand�察�and know That henceforth we must dwell
apart�察�Since I had seen thy love depart�察�And only count the hours flow By
the dull throbbing of my heart�察�
If I should gaze and gaze in vain Into thine eyes so deep and clear�察�And
read the truth of all my fear Half mixed with pity for my pain�察�And sorrow
for the vanished year�察�
If not to grieve thee overmuch�察 �I strove to counterfeit disdain�察 �And
weave me a new life again�察�Which thy life could not mar�察�or touch�察�And so
smile down my bitter pain�察�
The ghost of my dead Past would rise And mock me�察�and I could not
dare Look to a future of despair�察�Or even to the eternal skies�察�For I should
still be