Tales of the Olden Time There was weepin' and wailin', Then out spake her father, "Oh, turn, Ladye Jeanie, As ever was seen; And bonnie Jeanie Melville Was scarcely sixteen. OLD BALLAD. Life Lessons "They also serve who only stand and wait.' 66 99 MILTON. Small service is true service while it lasts." WORDSWORTH. "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll!" HOLMES. "When Duty whispers low Thou must,' The youth replies, ‘ I can.' EMERSON. "Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach." BONAR. "I am content with what I have, Little be it, or much." BUNYAN. As one lamp lights another, nor grows less, LOWELL, 66 Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws ᎻᎬᎡᏴᎬᎡᎢ . "This above all-to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.' 59 XVI LIFE LESSONS Life LIVES of great men all remind us Footprints, that perhaps another, Let us, then, be up and doing, Learn to labor and to wait. HENRY WADSWORTH LOngfellow. From the "Psalm of Life." |