To ashes turn the toys thou did'st adore; But trust the light that shines. Fear not to mind The inner impulse urging thee from shore On stormy ventures. Quicken thy desires For ports beyond thy sight. Quench not the fires... Sonnets - Page 26by Fanny Purdy Palmer - 1909 - 38 pagesFull view - About this book
| American poetry - 1893 - 472 pages
...burn within thy soul Thine utmost to inspire. The flames may blind, To ashes turn the toys thou'd fain adore. But trust the light that shines. Fear not to mind The weaving gleam which tempts thee from the shore On stormy ventures. Quicken thy desires For ports beyond... | |
| Mrs. Mary Louise Cutter Jones Hastings - 1919 - 232 pages
...soul Its utmost to inspire. The flames may blind, To ashes turn the toys thou did'st adore, Sunday But trust the light that shines. Fear not to mind...For ports beyond thy sight. Quench not the fires! — Selected. Tuesday Behold, I go forward. — Job xxiii. 8. THE UPWARD PATH Believe not those who... | |
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