A Treasury of Helpful Verse Book

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. 1896 Excerpt: ...so. E'en such an one is he who, sore beset, Might conquer by his force of heavenly will; But he, poor fool, must wait and wait until With him vile circumstance has basely met To help him through. Him let no plaudits greet, Self conquered with immeasurable defeat. John White Chadwick. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. IF I have sinned in act, I may repent; If I have erred in thought, I may disclaim My silent error, and yet feel no shame; But if my soul, big with an ill intent, Guilty in will, by fate be innocent, Or being bad yet murmurs at the curse And incapacity of being worse, That makes my hungry passion still keep Lent In keen expectance of a carnival,--Where in all worlds that round the sun revolve, And shed their influence on this passive ball, Abides a power that can my soul absolve? Could any sin survive and be forgiven,--One sinful wish would make a hell of heaven. Hartley Coleridge. RARE MOMENTS. THERE come rare moments when we stir Some life-thought into living, Some feeling stumble on, as 't were, That gifts us beyond giving; When our dull eyes are opened wide To life's surrounding glory, And our deaf ears no longer hide Love's all-abounding story; The soul hath pulses swift and strong To sweep this creeping being Up in the soaring flight of song Into immortal seeing; When we behold ourselves once more In spotless strength and beauty, See straight unto the farther shore The paths of truth and duty; RARE MOMENTS. 95 When in the heart the swelling strength And bounding hope of nature Lift man above himself at length, A God in soul and stature; When what is done we see, and what Is missed, what now remaining, And bend our will to work, sink not In motionless complaining. We are again the bright-souled boy, With all the world near neighbor; We feel again the l...