 | James Jackson Wray - 1885 - 488 pages
...down to sleep, With little care Whether my waking find Me here or there. A bowing, burdened head That only asks to rest, Unquestioning, upon A loving breast....is past ; I am ready not to do At last, at last. My half-day's work is done, And this is all my part — I give a patient God My patient heart ; And grasp... | |
 | Snowdrops - 1885 - 226 pages
...sleep, With little thought or care Whether my waking find Me here or there. 'A bowing, burdened head, ' My good right hand forgets Its cunning now ; To march...past : I am ready not to do At last, at last. ' My half-day's work is done, And this is all my part ; I give a patient God My patient heart ; ' And grasp... | |
 | Richard S. Rhodes - American poetry - 1885 - 444 pages
...with little thought of care, Whether waking find me here, or there. - A bowing, burdened head, that only asks to rest, Unquestioning, upon a loving breast....not eager, bold, nor strong — all that is past, I'm ready now to die, at last, at last My half day's work is done, and this is all my part: I give... | |
 | Martha Louise Rayne - American literature - 1885 - 578 pages
...bead, That only asks to rest a Unquestioningly upon A loving breast. My good right hand forgets It's cunning now — To march the weary march I know not...that is past. I am ready not to do At last ! at last 1 My half-day's work is done, And this is all my part; I give a patient God My patient heart. And grasp... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1886 - 204 pages
...With little thought or care Whether my waking find Me here, or there. A bowing, burdened head, That only asks to rest, Unquestioning, upon A loving breast....strong — all that is past; I am ready not to do My half day's work is done, And this is all my part ; I give a patient God My patient heart, And grasp... | |
 | Funeral service - 1886 - 264 pages
...With little thought or care Whether my waking find Me here, or there. A bowing, burdened head, That only asks to rest, Unquestioning, upon A loving breast....forgets Its cunning now ; To march the weary march I am not eager, bold, Nor strong — all that is past ; I am ready not to do At last, at last. My half... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...down to sleep, With little care Whether my waking flnd Me here, or there. A bowing, burdened head That only asks to rest. Unquestioning, upon A loving breast....forgets Its cunning now ; To march the weary march 1 know not how. I am Dot eager, bold, Nor strong.— all that is past; I am ready not to do, At last,... | |
 | Christopher Rhodes Eliot - Funeral rites and ceremonies - 1886 - 208 pages
...loving one, sleep ! Sleep, beloved one, sleep ! That only asks to rest, ~ f Unquestioning, upon JT&''* I A loving breast. My good right hand forgets Its cunning now ; To march the weary march I know not how. He sees when their footsteps falter, when their hearts grow weak and faint ; He marks when thejr strength... | |
 | Calendars - 1886 - 216 pages
...then remember bearing, too, is action, often its hardest part. WC GANNETT. " I am not eager, bold, or strong ; All that is past ; I am ready not to do, At last — at last." " Then seek to please Him, whatsoe'er He bids thee ! Whether to do, —to suffer, — to lie still.... | |
 | Mary Gifford Raleigh ("Mrs. Alexander Raleigh".) - Crabs - 1888 - 284 pages
...to its close ; and when, as to a tired child — the play and the lesson over — sleep is near. " I am not eager, bold, nor strong, All that is past ; I am ready not to do, At last, at last." But it may, and it ought to come sooner. "Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath,... | |
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I am not eager, bold, Nor strong — all that is past : I am ready not to do, At last, at last. My half-day's work is done, And this is all my part ; I give a patient God My patient heart. And grasp His banner still Though all its blue be dim, These stripes... 
