Three fishers went sailing away to the west,/ Away to the west as the sun went down. |
Three fishers went sailing away to the west,/ Away to the west as the sun went down. |
To be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ of the first upgrowth of all virtue. |
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about |
We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded. |
We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true, whether they are about religion, politics, farming, trade, law, or medicine, they are the message of Christ, the maker of all things / the teacher of all truth. |
When all the world is young, lad, / And all the trees are green; / And every goose a swan, lad / And every lass a queen; / Then hey for boot and horse, lad, / And round the world away: / Young blood must have its course, lad,/ And every dog his day. |
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day |