Wayside Music: Lyrics, Songs and Sonnets |
Other editions - View all
Wayside Music: Lyrics, Songs and Sonnets (Classic Reprint) Charles H. Crandall No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
beauty bend birds blossoms brave breast bright bring charm cheers cradle dear doth dream eyes of Night face fair fame fields flowers Forget-me-not gaze gentle girl give gladly gladness glances gleam glory glow golden golden harvest grace ground Harbor Light hast hear heavens HESPERIDES hills Honor immortal Song Jane McCrea keep moving LIFE-LOVE-NATURE look Love's maid maiden meadow memory mother of Morn naiad naught never bends o'er perfect heart Phidias praise Pygmalion rhyme right and keep river Robin Adair rocking rose sang Saratoga Sea dart seemed shining sing skies smile soft Softly song sound Spring stars strange stream sunset ridge sweet Swish and swing tell thee thine thou thought thrill to-day trembling true violets voice wait wake Walden pond waves WAYSIDE MUSIC whene'er willows wind wings woo anew ye stars yonder YSIDE MUSIC
Popular passages
Page 19 - The oak-tree stood in the field. Beneath it dozed the herds ; It gave to the mower a shield, It gave a home to the birds. Sturdy and broad, it guarded the farms With its brawny trunk and knotted arms. The...
Page 38 - Vox window frames her like a saint Within some old cathedral rare; Perhaps she is not quite so quaint. And yet I think her full as fair! All day she scans the written lines. Until the last dull proof is ended, Calling the various words and signs By which each error may be mended. An interceding angel, she, 'Twixt printing-press and author's penPerhaps she'd find some faults in me!
Page 20 - And it dropped its fruit as it dropped a tear, And reddened the ground with fragrant cheer. And the Lord of the Harvest heard. And he said :
Page 41 - Hark! It comes ! It hums-! With ear to ground I catch the sound, The warning courier-roar That runs along before. The pulsing, struggling, now is clearer ! The hillsides echo "Nearer, nearer...
Page 108 - Yet now the conquerer with lofty pride Becomes our guardian, with us doth abide And plans all night our wondrous recompense. He takes away the weary, worn-out day, And brings to-morrow — bride without a stain; Gives us fresh liberty, a chance to mend; Life, hope, and friends enhanced with fresh array. Then when we fail he conquers us again, Paroling us each day until the end.
Page 21 - ... ground with fragrant cheer. And the Lord of the Harvest heard. And he said : " I have use for all ; For the bough that shelters a bird, For the beam that pillars a hall ; And grow they tall, or grow they ill, They grow but to wait their master's will.
Page 112 - While placid meadows please less daring eyes, 1ti>ep glens and ivied walls where daylight dies Tell of Romance, and lovers brush the dew By moonlit stream and lake, while never few Are the rich bursts of song that shake the skies. This country's king holds never-ending court; To him there come from all his wide domain Minstrels of love and spangled imps of sport, And messengers of, fancy, joy and pain. Of man and nature he has full report ; He made his kingdom, none dispute his reign.
Page 5 - And she carries nought but blessing, As she journeys up and down Through the never-heeding town, With her looks the ground caressing; Yet I know her steps are bent On some task of good intent. Maiden, though you do not ask it, And your modest eyes may wink, I will tell you what I think : LOOKING FORWARD.
Page 38 - Twixt printing-press and author's penPerhaps she'd find some faults in me! Say, maiden, can you not read men? Forgive me, gentle girl, but while You bravely work I've been reflecting That somewhere in this world of guile, There's some one's life needs your correcting. Methinks...