"Be strong to hope, O Heart! Though day is bright, The stars can only shine In the dark night. Be strong, O Heart of m…"

"Be strong to love, O Heart! Love knows not wrong; Didst thou love — creatures even, Life were not long; Didst thou lo…"

"Shine, ye stars of heaven, On a world of pain! See old Time destroying All our hoarded gain; All our sweetest flowers…"

"Words are mighty, words are living: Serpents with their venomous stings, Or bright angels, crowding round us, With he…"

"A little longer yet — a little longer, Shall violets bloom for thee, and sweet birds sing; And the lime branches wher…"

"A little longer still, and Heaven awaits thee, And fills thy spirit with a great delight; Then our pale joys will see…"

"A little longer, and thy Heart, Belovèd, Shall beat for ever with a Love divine; And joy so pure, so mighty, so etern…"

"I wept that all must die — "Yet Love," I cried, "doth live, and conquer death —" And Time passed by, And breathed on …"

"Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys. I do not …"

"Know, dear little one! our Father Will no gentle deed disdain: Love on the cold earth beginning Lives divine in Heave…"