Edith Nesbit
Lays and legends
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com May 16, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...past, And a divided future must foretell. Apart we sowed the seed that flowers in hell, The seed that blooms in heaven apart we cast: See what remembrances my heart holds fast--Ask your own heart what deeds you deem done well! The memory I find my heaven in Is that one hand-touch you regret as sin; Your goodness, dear, that stood between us two And made my hell, may make a heaven for you; So evermore must lie our souls between The kiss unkissed, the infinite might-have-been! CHRISTMAS With garlands to grace it, with laughter to greet it, Christmas is here, holly-red and snow-white, Hung round with quaint legends, and old-as-life stories Of mystical beauty and lifelong delight; With dreams of the Christ-child, with Santa Claus fables, Without doubts to trouble or questions to break The absolute faith in the triumph of goodness, In God and in nature on guard for its sake; Without fear of death, with no memories of grief, Believing life clear as our cloudless belief; What wonder if rose-coloured Christmas appear As the happiest day of our happy child year? With the swiftness of thought, with the spring's incompleteness, Childhood has passed, and its place is filled up; Hope suns our youth into midsummer sweetness, And the roses of love wreathe our life's golden cup. We shall do--we shall dare--and our faith has no limit, Wrong must go down 'neath the sword of the right And life is so joyous, and may be so glorious, And day looks so long, and so distant the night. We love--there are chances--and if we should meet The woman who holds all our heart at her feet At Christmas--would that not make Christmas more dear Than all other days of our love-lightened year? With the sadness of tears, with the speed of the swallow, Youth has gone by, and its hope and its faith;...
- ISBN
- 1236011198 / 9781236011190
- Pages
- 34
- Weight
- 2.9 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 0.1 in.
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