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In valle...<i>She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side,<br /> In valleys green and cool;<br />And all her hope and all her pride<br /> Are in the village school. <br /><br />Her soul, like the transparent air<br /> That robes the hills above,<br />Though not of earth, encircles there<br /> All things with arms of love. <br /><br />And thus she walks among her girls<br /> With praise and mild rebukes;<br />Subduing e'en rude village churls<br /> By her angelic looks. <br /><br />She reads to them at eventide<br /> Of One who came to save;<br />To cast the captive's chains aside<br /> And liberate the slave. <br /><br />And oft the blessed time foretells<br /> When all men shall be free;<br />And musical, as silver bells,<br /> Their falling chains shall be. <br /><br />And following her beloved Lord,<br /> In decent poverty,<br />She makes her life one sweet record<br /> And deed of charity. <br /><br />For she was rich, and gave up all<br /> To break the iron bands<br />Of those who waited in her hall,<br /> And labored in her lands. <br /><br />Long since beyond the Southern Sea<br /> Their outbound sails have sped,<br />While she, in meek humility,<br /> Now earns her daily bread. <br /><br />It is their prayers, which never cease,<br /> That clothe her with such grace;<br />Their blessing is the light of peace<br /> That shines upon her face.</i><br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Good Part, That Which Shall NOT Be Taken Away"Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-51881179835418114932014-10-03T10:29:11.491-04:002014-10-03T10:29:11.491-04:00She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side,
In valleys...<i>She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side,<br />In valleys green and cool;<br />And all her hope and all her pride<br />Are in the village school.<br /><br />Her soul, like the transparent air<br />That robes the hills above,<br />Though not of earth, encircles there<br />All things with arms of love.<br /><br />And thus she walks among her girls<br />With praise and mild rebukes;<br />Subduing e'en rude village churls<br />By her angelic looks.<br /><br />She reads to them at eventide<br />Of One who came to save;<br />To cast the captive's chains aside<br />And liberate the slave.<br /><br />And oft the blessed time foretells<br />When all men shall be free;<br />And musical, as silver bells,<br />Their falling chains shall be.<br /><br />And following her beloved Lord,<br />In decent poverty,<br />She makes her life one sweet record<br />And deed of charity.<br /><br />For she was rich, and gave up all<br />To break the iron bands<br />Of those who waited in her hall,<br />And labored in her lands.<br /><br />Long since beyond the Southern Sea<br />Their outbound sails have sped,<br />While she, in meek humility,<br />Now earns her daily bread.<br /><br />It is their prayers, which never cease,<br />That clothe her with such grace;<br />Their blessing is the light of peace<br />That shines upon her face.</i><br /><br />Henry Wdsworth Longfellow, "The Good Part that Shall Not be Taken Away"Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-48342065252404982632014-10-03T10:09:28.098-04:002014-10-03T10:09:28.098-04:00A wise manA wise manThe Ghost of Soren Kierkegaardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-5972839050349000252014-10-03T06:43:22.989-04:002014-10-03T06:43:22.989-04:00Next reading for my British Literature class: The ...Next reading for my British Literature class: <i>The Pilgrim's Progress</i> by John Bunyan. I well remember the section called "The Valley of Humiliation."Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com