To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

We have to thank God for this retirement.

We have to thank God for this retirement.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

Light is that grief which counsel can allay.

Light is that grief which counsel can allay.

Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.

Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.