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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
