Pearls Strung (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... Xove TReigns I will tell them, dear, That Love reigns--a King, Where storms cannot reach him, And words cannot sting; He counts it dishonor His faith to recall; He trusts;--and forever, He gives--and gives all. I will tell thee, dear, That Love is--a slave, Who dreads thoughts of freedom As life dreads the grave; And if doubt, or peril Of change there may be, Such fear would but drive him Still nearer to thee. Adelaide Proctor. Summer When comes the summer, Full-leaved and strong, And gay birds gossip The orchard long, Sing, bird, sweet honey That no bee sips; Sing, red, red roses, And my Love's lips. Austin June Tis heaven alone that is given away, Tis only God may be had for the asking, No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer. Lowell. fivet Dag Summer on field and hill, in heart and brain, All life washed clean in this high-tide of June. Lowell. Second Dag My true love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange each to the other given, I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss; There never was a better bargain driven, My true love hath my heart And I have his. Sir Philip Sidney. A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss, But of all pain the greatest pain, It is to love and love in vain. JFiftb Dag In June, 'tis good to be beneath a tree, While the blithe season comforts every sense, Steeps all the brain in rest and heals the heart. Lowell. Sijtb Dau Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or tends with the remover to remove; Love's not Time's fool, tho' rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. Shakespeare. Seventb Dag I care not how men trace their ancestry--To ape or Ad...