Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul. Various

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      Whatever obstacles control,

      Thine hour will come; go on, true soul!

      Thou'lt win the prize; thou'lt reach the goal.

      ———

      I honor the man who is willing to sink

      Half his present repute for freedom to think;

      And when he has that, be his cause strong or weak,

      Will risk t'other half for freedom to speak.

      —James Russell Lowell.

      ———

      The word is great, and no deed is greater

      When both are of God, to follow or lead;

      But alas! for the truth when the word comes later,

      With questioned steps, to sustain the deed.

      —John Boyle O'Reilly.

      ———

      Stand upright, speak thy thought, declare

      The truth thou hast that all may share;

      Be bold, proclaim it everywhere;

      They only live who dare.

      —Lewis Morris.

      ———

      There is no duty patent in the world

      Like daring try be good and true myself,

      Leaving the shows of things to the Lord of show

      And Prince o' the power of the air.

      —Robert Browning.

      ———

      Tender-handed stroke a nettle,

      And it stings you for your pains;

      Grasp it like a man of mettle,

      And it soft as silk remains.

      —Aaron Hill (1685–1750).

      ———

      On the red rampart's slippery swell,

      With heart that beat a charge, he fell

      Foeward, as fits a man;

      But the high soul burns on to light men's feet

      Where death for noble ends makes dying sweet.

      —James Russell Lowell.

      ———

      I do not ask that Thou shalt front the fray.

      And drive the warring foeman from my sight:

      I only ask, O Lord, by night, by day,

      Strength for the fight!

      ———

      No coward soul is mine,

      No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere;

      I see Heaven's glories shine,

      And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.

      —Emily Brontë.

      ———

      You will find that luck

      Is only pluck

      To try things over and over;

      Patience and skill,

      Courage and will,

      Are the four leaves of luck's clover.

      ———

      The chivalry

      That dares the right and disregards alike

      The yea and nay o' the world.

      —Robert Browning.

      ———

      God has his best things for the few

      Who dare to stand the test;

      He has his second choice for those

      Who will not have his best.

      ———

      Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie;

      A fault which needs it most grows two thereby.

      —George Herbert.

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MANHOOD, FIRMNESS, EARNESTNESS, RESOLUTION

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      WANTED

      God give us men! A time like this demands

      Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands;

      Men whom the lust of office does not kill;

      Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;

      Men who possess opinions and a will;

      Men who have honor—men who will not lie.

      Men who can stand before a demagogue

      And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking;

      Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog

      In public duty and in private thinking;

      For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,

      Their large professions and their little deeds,

      Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,

      Wrong СКАЧАТЬ