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My fairest child, I have no song to give you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and grey:
Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you
For every day.
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Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long:
And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever
One grand, sweet song.
Charles Kingsley
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Michael Pruchnicki
(12/14/2008 11:12:00 AM) |
Rev. Charles Kingsley was a clergyman, novelist and poet identified by some as a proponent of 'muscular Christianity' and a Christian Socialist involved in social reform. He is known for his novels WESTWARD HO! and HEREWARD THE WAKE, and THE WATER-BABIES, a fairy tale about Tom the chimney-sweep, who falls into a river and is transformed into a tiny merman. His poem 'A Farewell' is written it seems to me as an admonition in verse to live a good life each and every day.
Skies will be overcast and days bleak and gray, so live accordingly by doing good and noble deeds. Count on personal fortitude to stand you in good stead while you do the noble work of the lord in this world. I could well imagine John MacCormack singing this verse set to music!
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Michael Adams
(10/23/2005 6:16:00 AM) |
Lovely poem and song (music by S Liddle) sung by John McCormack with a middle verse: -
I'll teach you how to sing a clearer carol,
Than lark that hails the morn or breezy dawn.
To win yourself a puerer poet's laurel,
Than Shakespeare's crown.
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Gena Smith
(12/14/2004 2:37:00 PM) |
I love this poem. Onm a scale from 1-10 i give it 10.
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Rozina Khan
(12/14/2004 12:22:00 PM) |
I LIKE THIS POEM.ITS GOOD.
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