The World of fashion and continental feuilletons [afterw.] The Ladies' monthly magazine, The World of fashion [afterw.] Le Monde élégant; or The World of fashion1866 |
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Page 19 - And thou an angel's happiness shalt know,— Shalt bless the earth while in the world above; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider grow; The seed that, in these few and fleeting hours, Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow, Shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers.
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Page 19 - For a fit of Despondency. — Look on the good things which God has given you in this world, and at those which he has promised his followers in the next. He who goes into his garden to look for cobwebs and spiders no doubt will find them ; while he who looks for a flower may return into his house with one blooming in his bosom.