Tag Archive for: Hope and Inspiration
A Miracle
Hope and MotivationA MIRACLE
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April, April, full of hopes,
All a world of sunny sheen
'Round her, wanders up our slopes,
Bluebirds following, in her hands
Bursting leaf bud's tender green,
Laughing, tilting, on the rocks
She hangs her saxifrage, and…
The Despairing Muse
Hope and MotivationTHE DESPAIRING MUSE
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Somebody has stolen the old garden | gate,
The millwheel has gone to decay
The old oaken bucket is missing of late,
It must have been taken away
The little red school house is wreck- ed and torn down,
Neglected its…
Mcginnis And The Union Label
Hope and MotivationMcGINNIS AND THE UNION LABEL
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Has it got the union label, McGin- nis used to say,
Has it got the union label, show it to me if you're able,
If it hasn't got the label take the bloomin' thing away
McGinnis had no children though he hoped…
The Game
Hope and MotivationTHE GAME
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When a movement you start for re- forming a town
And your motives are lofty and no ble and pure,
They'll depict you in stripes; they will call you a clown,
There's no end of insult you'll have to endure
They'll make you account…
The Result
Hope and MotivationThe Result
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You get a girl-a peach, a dream-
One that can turn at once your head?
Oh, no; that kind is not my theme:
You get a girl to bake the bread-
To bake the bread and scrub the floor,
To iron, wash and dust, perhaps,
To drive…
An Optimist
Hope and MotivationAN OPTIMIST
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By its hopeful example the teakettle cheers
Our lot when our cares are depressing;
For although in hot water clear up to its ears
It sings as if life were a blessing
It isn't worth while to fret, dear,
To walk as behind…