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And here the sunflower of the spring Burns bright in morning's beam. - [Sunflowers] Burns o'er the plough sung sweet his wood-notes wild; And richest Shakespeare was a poor man's child. - [Poverty] God said,--"Let there be light!" Grim darkness felt His might, And fled away; Then startled seas and mountains cold Shone forth, all bright in blue and gold, And cried--"'Tis day! 'tis day!" "Hail, holy light!" exclaim'd The thunderous cloud that flam'd O'er daisies white; And lo! the rose, in crimson dress'd, Lean'd sweetly on the lily's breast; And blushing murmur'd--Light!" - [Light] If 'twere not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live. - [Cats] One who has yearnings for equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, he is willing to fork out his penny and pocket your shilling. - [Communism] Prophets of fragrance, beauty, joy, and song. - [Flowers] Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend. - [Sleep] The quivering flesh, though torture-torn, may live, but souls, once deeply wounded, heal no more. - [Misfortune] The toil's reward, that sweet industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush. - [Compensation] Were 't not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live. - [Animals] Within the sun-lit forest, Our roof the bright blue sky, Where fountains flow, and wild flowers blow, We lift our heads on high. - [Country] 'Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush. - Corn Law Rhymes (no. 7) [Work] Almighty Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,-- A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled. Let him live usefully, and not die old! - Corn Law Rhymes--A Poet's Prayer [Prayer] Life is short, and time is swift; Roses fade, and shadows shift. - Epigram [Life] What is a Communist? One who has yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. - Epigrams [Politics] If e'er she knew an evil thought She spoke no evil word: Peace to the gentle! She hath sought The bosom of her Lord. - Hannah Ratcliff [Epitaphs] Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity! - Hymn (l. 22) [Deeds] Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze. - Miscellaneous Poems--Spring [Violets] Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands, O'er every hill that under heaven expands. - Miscellaneous Poems--Spring (l. 13) [Daisies] Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst. - The Village Patriarch (bk. IV, pt. IV) [Fate] The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run. - The Village Patriarch--Love and Other Poems--Spring [Brooks] Yet walk with me where hawthorns hide The wonders of the lane. - The Wonders of the Lane (l. 3) [Hawthorn]
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