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الصفحة 78 - And from that day o'er hill and glade, Through those old woods a path was made; And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about, And uttered words of righteous wrath Because 'twas such a crooked path. But still they followed, do not laugh, The first migrations of that calf; And through this winding woodway stalked Because he wobbled when he walked.
الصفحة 79 - The years passed on in swiftness fleet. The road became a village street; And this, before men were aware, A city's crowded thoroughfare. And soon the central street was this Of a renowned metropolis! And men two centuries and a half Trod in the footsteps of that calf.
الصفحة 77 - One day through the primeval wood a calf walked home as good calves should: but made a trail all bent askew, a crooked trail as all calves do. Since then three hundred years have fled, and I infer the calf is dead, but still he left behind his trail and thereby hangs my moral tale.
الصفحة 80 - Along the calf-paths of the mind, And work away from sun to sun To do what other men have done. They follow in the beaten track, And out and in, and forth and back, And still their devious course pursue, To keep the path that others do. But how the wise old wood-gods laugh, Who saw the first primeval calf! Ah ! many things this tale might teach, — But I am not ordained to preach. Sam Walter Foss [1858-1911] WEDDED BLISS "O COME and be my mate!
الصفحة 79 - Followed the zigzag calf about, And o'er his crooked journey went The traffic of a continent. A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead, They followed still his crooked way, And lost one hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent To well-established precedent.
الصفحة 259 - Bring me men to match my mountains ; Bring me men to match my plains, — Men with empires in their purpose, And new eras in their brains.
الصفحة 40 - By always hastening to admit That I was right and you were wrong. No mad diversity of creed Has ever sundered me from thee ; For I permit you evermore To borrow your ideas of me. And thus it is, through weal or woe, Our love forevermore endures; For I permit that you should take My views and creeds, and make them yours. And thus I let you have my way, And thus in peace we toil along, For I am willing to admit That I am right and you are wrong. And when our matrimonial skiff Strikes snags in love's...
الصفحة 92 - I trust he'll swim ashore," said Dan, "But now my soul is awed, And I must meditate upon The goodness of the Lord; And nothing merely temporal ought To interrupt my holy thought" So Daniel lived a pious life, As Daniel understood, But all his neighbors thought he was Too pious to be good; And Daniel died, and then his soul, On wings of hope elate, In glad expectancy flew up To Peter's golden gate. "Now let your gate wide open fly; Come, hasten, Peter! Here am I.
الصفحة 117 - Whose hearts are embryos, for you spring, My dainty friend, from just this breed. Be sure the years will lift them up; They'll toil beneath the patient sky, And through the vista of long days Will all come forward by and by. Hate not these men; this is no work for you; So leave all this for smaller men to do. Despise not any man that lives, Alien or neighbor, near or far; Go out beneath the scornful stars, And see how very small you are. The world is large, and space is high That sweeps around our...
الصفحة 17 - I'ma gawk. An' I make this interduction so thet all you folks can see An' understan' the natur' of the critter thet I be. I allus wobble w'en I walk, my j'ints are out er gear, My arms go flappin...

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