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قراءة كتاب Out of the North
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 5
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Father Judge, S. F.
Here was a man, a humble minister
Beloved of all in northern latitudes
Who knew the value of the kingly heart
That beat beneath his worn and priestly coat.
Beloved of all in northern latitudes
Who knew the value of the kingly heart
That beat beneath his worn and priestly coat.
A soldier he, who ne'er forsook his post;
Whose actions were more numerous than words;
His soul was God's; his heart and body man's—
Nothing his own except our gratitude.
Whose actions were more numerous than words;
His soul was God's; his heart and body man's—
Nothing his own except our gratitude.
Worn e'er his time by hardship none may know
Who shirked the bitter schooling of the North,
He passed away, and now forever stands
As close to God as gentle Damien.
Who shirked the bitter schooling of the North,
He passed away, and now forever stands
As close to God as gentle Damien.
The Light-o'-Love
The dogs were whining; they sensed too well
The load upon the sled;
The rough-hewn box with the light-o'-love—
A girl, 'twas said.
The load upon the sled;
The rough-hewn box with the light-o'-love—
A girl, 'twas said.
A week ago, at the Palace Bar,
She sang the songs of France;
But many a heart is lead the while
The feet must dance.
She sang the songs of France;
But many a heart is lead the while
The feet must dance.
Kisses she gave and kisses she took,
Sinned for her daily bread;
But all we knew as we eyed the box
Was: she was dead.
Sinned for her daily bread;
But all we knew as we eyed the box
Was: she was dead.
We placed upon it (How much it hurt
Only the good God knows!)
A gaud she had worn in her dusky hair—
A paper rose.
Only the good God knows!)
A gaud she had worn in her dusky hair—
A paper rose.
A crumpled thing that seemed beautiful
To lonely, broken men,
Hinting of fairer flowers and things
Beyond our ken.
To lonely, broken men,
Hinting of fairer flowers and things
Beyond our ken.
The grey above us, the white beneath;
Chill silence everywhere;
Yet deep in our hearts we knew that God
Was also there.
Chill silence everywhere;
Yet deep in our hearts we knew that God
Was also there.
We knew, far better than others know
Whose ways are bright and glad,
His judgments are very merciful
On good and bad.
Whose ways are bright and glad,
His judgments are very merciful
On good and bad.
Our little sister was now at peace.
The snow began to fall.
The flakes soon hid that gift of ours
Beneath their pall.
The snow began to fall.
The flakes soon hid that gift of ours
Beneath their pall.
Under the white, white flakes the rose,
Crumpled, tawdry and red;
Hinting the pity which all men need
When they are dead.
Crumpled, tawdry and red;
Hinting the pity which all men need
When they are dead.
The dogs still whined as they