Ladies
MOSAICS. The simple lessons which the nursery taught, Fell soft and stainless on the buds of thought, And the full blossom owes its fairest hue To those sweet teardrops of affection’s due. —Oliver Wendell Holmes. For the treasures of precious worth, We must patiently dig and dive ; For the places wc long to fill, We must push, and straggle, and drive ; And always and everywhere We’ll find in our onward com’seThorns for the feet, and trials to meet, And a difficult river to cross. Pollard. He is the greatest artist, then, Whether of pencil or of pen, Who follows nature. JS T ever man. As artist or as artisan, Pursuing his own fantasies. Can touch the human heart or phase, Or satisfy our noble deeds. —Longfellow. Words of praise were all to seek ! Face of you and form of you, Did they find the praise so weak When my lips just touched your cheek — Toiich which let my soul come through ? —Browning.
Jsdge noneTost but wait and see With hopeful pity, not disdain; The depth of the abyss may be The measure of the height of pain, And love and glory that may ivaise This soul to God in after days. —Adelaide Proctor. No life Can be pnre in its purpose and strong in its strife And all life not be purer and stronger thereby. —Owen Meredith.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 12, 17 June 1893, Page 2
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228Ladies Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 12, 17 June 1893, Page 2
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