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. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... Had this man reason? Then what am I? " O friend, think not that stately step, That lifted brow or that smiling lip, That sweep of velvet or fall of lace, Or robes that cling with regal grace, Are signs that tell of a soul at rest: Peace seldom hides in a Valdemar's breast. Valdemar the Happy. 133 She shrinks ...
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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. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... Had this man reason? Then what am I? " O friend, think not that stately step, That lifted brow or that smiling lip, That sweep of velvet or fall of lace, Or robes that cling with regal grace, Are signs that tell of a soul at rest: Peace seldom hides in a Valdemar's breast. Valdemar the Happy. 133 She shrinks away from the palace glare, To the peasant's hut and the mountain air, And kisses the crone at the palace gate, While the poor, proud king is desolate. PEACE. '"PHEY all shall pass: the radiant days Song-threaded, flashing quick with light, And those that, veiled in gloomful haze, Creep on, slow pulsing, to the night. Upon its outward wave, the last Will float us to the tranquil sea, Where, all the storms forever past, Shall peace in tidal fulness be. There no harassing care shall fret, Nor ever vague foreboding chill, Shall fall no shadow of regret; Shall jar no dissonance of ill, --Beyond the tumult, fierce and rude, Of earthly loss and earthly gain, Beyond the soul's disquietude, Beyond the body's mortal pain. Peace. 135 In all our loneliness we wait, In all our weariness we hope; The harbor of the Golden Gate Before our longing eyes shall ope. With broken mast and shivered spar, We drift adown the darkling sea, But shines before us like a star, O God, our home, our peace in Thee. IN AN UPPER ROOM. " 1 71THIN an upper chamber, At evening of the day, We gathered for an hour; And one said, " Let us pray." We came with stains of conflict, With dust of earthly care; Our hearts were spent and weary, Till Jesus met us there. We heard no blare of trumpets, We saw no blaze of light, As silently the Master Came through the summer night. Yet was that upper chamber With love divinely filled; Our hearts grew strong with gladness, In that dear presence...
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Fine. Octavo hardcover in royal blue cloth, decorated and lettered in black and gilt. Second edition (stated). 259 pp. A tight, fine example, gilt bright, minimal bump at one tip. Collection of poems many of which first appeared in Harper's Monthly, Harper's Bazar" and other periodicals. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838-1912) was an American poet and editor whose work was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During her career, she was an editor with "Hearth and Home" and "Harper's Bazaar" and her work regularly appeared in women's magazines such as "Ladies' Home Journal" and "Women's Home Companion'.
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