 | Children's poetry - 1850 - 156 pages
...say, That my time has been properly spent. When I've done all my business with patience and care, Have been good, and obliging, and kind, I lie on my pillow,...happy and peaceable mind. But instead of all this, if it must be confessed That I careless and idle have been ; I lay down, as usual, to go to my rest,... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 416 pages
...patience and care, And been good, and obliging, and kind ; I lie down on my pillow anil sleep calmly there, With a happy and peaceable mind. But, instead of all this, if it must be confest That I careless and idle have been, I lie down, but in vain seek comfort or rest,... | |
 | Mrs. Samuel Greg, Walter - Christian education - 1855 - 342 pages
...reflect on the past, and be able to say, My time has been properly spent ! When I've finished my business with patience and care, And been good, and obliging,...sleep away there, With a happy and peaceable mind. MAY GKARLANDS. Keble. Come, ye little revellers gay, Learners in the school of May, Bring me here the... | |
 | Charles Northend - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 172 pages
...able to say That my time has been properly spent. When I 've done all my work with patience and caje, And been good, and obliging, and kind, I lie on my...happy and peaceable mind. But, instead of all this, if it must be confessed) That I careless and idle have been, I lie down as usual to go to my rest,... | |
 | Easy rhymes - Children's poetry, English - 1864 - 176 pages
...follies to have to repent ; But reflect on the past, and be able to say, When I've done all my bus'ness •with patience and care, And been good, and obliging,...happy and peaceable mind. But instead of all this, if it must be confest, That I careless and idle have been ; I lie down as usual, and go to my rest,... | |
 | Easy poetry - 1865 - 206 pages
...the past, and be able to say, That my time has been properly spent. When I've done all my bus'ness with patience and care, And been good, and obliging,...happy and peaceable mind. But instead of all this, if it must be confest, That I careless and idle have been ; I lie down as usual, and go to my rest,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1867 - 176 pages
...repent ; — To reflect on the past, and be able to say That my time has been properly spent. When I 've done all my work with patience and care, And been...happy and peaceable mind. But, instead of all this, if it must be confessed That I careless and idle have been, I lie down as usual to go to my rest, But... | |
 | Jane Taylor - Children's poetry, English - 1868 - 202 pages
...reflect on the past, and be able to say, My time has been properly spent ! When I've finish'd my business with patience and care, And been good, and obliging,...sleep away there, With a happy and peaceable mind. Instead of all this, if it must be confest That I careless and idle have been, I lie down as usual,... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1872 - 170 pages
...reflect on the past, and be able to say, My time has been properly spent When I've done all my business with patience and care, And been good, and obliging,...sleep away there, With a happy and peaceable mind Instead of all this, if it must be confessed That I careless and idle have been, I lie down as usual,... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1873 - 216 pages
...my time has been properly spent. When I've done all my work with patience and cart, Been truthful, obliging, and kind. I lie on my pillow, and sleep...happy and peaceable mind. But instead of all this, it must be confessed, If deceitful or idle I've been; I lie down as usual and go to my rest, But feel... | |
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WAY TO BE HAPPY. How pleasant it is, at the end of the day, No follies to have to repent ; But reflect on the past, and be able to say, That my time has been properly spent. When I've done all my bus'ness with patience and care, And been good, and obliging,... 
