John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Katharine Tynan Hinkson. (1861– ?) |
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| Everything has an ending: there will be An ending one sad day for you and me, And ending of the days we had together, The good companionship, all kinds of weather. |
| Everything has an Ending. |
| Owen Seaman. (1861– ?) |
| 8159 |
| Whene’er I walk the public ways, How many poor that lack ablution Do probe my heart with pensive gaze, And beg a trivial contribution! 1 |
| The bitter Cry of the great Unpaid. |
| John Kendrick Bangs. (1862–1922) |
| 8160 |
| To-day, whatever may annoy, The word for me is Joy, just simple Joy. |
| The Word. |
| 8161 |
| Whate’er there be of Sorrow I’ll put off till To-morrow, And when To-morrow comes, why then ’T will be To-day and Joy again. |
| The Word. |
| 8162 |
| For me, my craft is sailing on, Through mists to-day, clear seas anon. Whate’er the final harbor be ’T is good to sail upon the sea! |
| The Voyage. |
| Note 1. See the anonymous travesty. Whene’er I walk this beauteous earth, How many poor I see, But as I never speaks to them, They never speaks to me. [back] |