Songs of the heart: poems, Issue 538 |
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... cheer my fainting heart , E'en in my darkest days . However sad to other ears Their melody may be , I seem the nearer heaven When they are sung to me . And to that realm of happiness I may them with me bear , For , though you cannot go ...
... cheer my fainting heart , E'en in my darkest days . However sad to other ears Their melody may be , I seem the nearer heaven When they are sung to me . And to that realm of happiness I may them with me bear , For , though you cannot go ...
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... Atkinson. Yet , when winter winds are wailing , And the days are short and drear , Then to cheer the hearts of others , May my song be loud and clear ! M THE EVENING STAR . H AIL ! thou star of. D 2 SONGS OF THE HEART . 51.
... Atkinson. Yet , when winter winds are wailing , And the days are short and drear , Then to cheer the hearts of others , May my song be loud and clear ! M THE EVENING STAR . H AIL ! thou star of. D 2 SONGS OF THE HEART . 51.
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... the night - clouds gather Over golden skies , Through the spreading shadows Breaks thy cheering light , And , as night grows darker , Grows more clear and bright . When the storms of winter Lower in the west , 52 SONGS OF THE HEART . XV.
... the night - clouds gather Over golden skies , Through the spreading shadows Breaks thy cheering light , And , as night grows darker , Grows more clear and bright . When the storms of winter Lower in the west , 52 SONGS OF THE HEART . XV.
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... cheer the hardest lot . There are some that have never known decay ; There are some that still linger in my mind ; And , though some like the flowers fell away , They have left a golden harvest - time behind . I am thinking of the ...
... cheer the hardest lot . There are some that have never known decay ; There are some that still linger in my mind ; And , though some like the flowers fell away , They have left a golden harvest - time behind . I am thinking of the ...
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... are near ! But the light of the evening star Cheers most as it sinks in the west ; And the dreams of age are sweeter far When they speak to the soul of rest . R REST . EST for the labourer , rest ! E 2 SONGS OF THE HEART . 67.
... are near ! But the light of the evening star Cheers most as it sinks in the west ; And the dreams of age are sweeter far When they speak to the soul of rest . R REST . EST for the labourer , rest ! E 2 SONGS OF THE HEART . 67.
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