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Tales of the Olden Time

There was weepin' and wailin',
And sabbin' full sair.
Oh, pale and wan was she
When Glenlogie gaed in;
But she grew red and rosy
When Glenlogie gaed ben.

Then out spake her father,
With tears in each e'e:
"You're welcome, Glenlogie,
You're welcome to me."
And out spake her mother:
"You're welcome," said she;
"You're welcome, Glenlogie,
Your Jeanie to see."

"Oh, turn, Ladye Jeanie,
Turn round to this side,
And I'll be the bridegroom,
And you'll be the bride."
Oh, it was a blythe wedding,

As ever was seen;

And bonnie Jeanie Melville

Was scarcely sixteen.

OLD BALLAD.

Life Lessons

"They also serve who only stand and wait.'

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MILTON.

Small service is true service while it lasts."

WORDSWORTH.

"Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll!"

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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,
So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.'

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LOWELL,

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Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws
Makes that and th' action fine."

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.'

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LIFE LESSONS

Life

LIVES of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;-

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.

HENRY WADSWORTH LOngfellow.

From the "Psalm of Life."

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