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5811 I have not finished yet When our mutual friends, the great and versatile eriter, Mr Anonymous, learned that I had been assigned the task of ''entertaining'' you here today, he wrote extending his sympathies to you, and with best wiahes…

I Heard The Voice Of Jesus

I Heard the Voice of Jesus 2752 I heard the volce of Jesus say: Come unto me and rest; Lay down thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my brenat I came to Jesus as I Weary nod worn and and I found in hin a resting place, And he has made…

Eternity

ETERNITY 38410 I thought eternity an endless stage, Where love dies out and yearning lips grow dumb; To-night I overlived it by an age- The little hour I waited you to come! If one brief hour of absence be so long, How endless shall the…

Ignorance

Ignorance 1754 I would not know my day, Nor the measure of my years, Lest I should turn some joy's appointed way To tears; Lest, did this earth-cup hold Such wisdom's alchemy Some hour transformed to mirth, I might behold, Which pain…

Were I A Rose

Were I a Rose 1918 Wero I a rose, no thorn shoni dare Wound thy dear hand, s'en though you chose My choicest flow'r to pluck and wear: Were Fa rose Were I the sun, no ray should o'er Cause thee my ardent beams to shun I'd kiss…

Alone

Alone 3593 I miss you, my darling, my darling The embors burn low on the hearth And stilled is the stir of the household And hushed in the voice of ita mirth: The rain plashes fast on the terrace, The winds past the lattices moan, The…

Must I Go And Empty Handed

Must I Go and Empty Handed 962 Must I go and empty handed Thus my dear Redeemer meet? Not one day of service give him, Lay no trophy at his fect, Chorus- Must I go and empty handed? Must I meet my Savior во? Not one soul with which…

Treasures

Treasures 1769 I count my trensures o'er with care, The little toy that beby knew, A little sock with faded hue, A little lock of golden hair Long years ago this Christmas time: My little one, my all to me, Sat robed in white upon my knee…

Coug-Medicine

Coug-Medicine 3436 I had a little husband - I never knew a worse: For better than his wife or life He loved his little parse I did my best to wheedle him- He saw my deep intent And though he had a chronic cough, He never coughed a cent So…

Modern Lovemaking

I looked in her eyes, And I held her hand As I said: "My love, I am yours to command To have and to hold Till life has grown old And has passed away like a tale that is told" But she answered: "No" And withdrew her hand; "I am not your…

Conclusion

Conclusion 838 I thought to pass away before, and yet allve I am; And in the fields all round I hear the bleating of the lamb How sadly I remember, rose the morning of the year! To die before the snowdrop came, and now the violet's here It…

Epilog

EPILOG 3033 I cannot lose thee, dearest, for thy voice Is in the echoes of the circling winds, Thy face in waning sunset's darkling lights, Thine eyes in those deep stars which on me shine, Thy kiss within the still and holy moon, Thine…

Sighs

SIGHS 4267 I sometimes sigh for things gone by- Like every mortal, I suppose- And feel regret for days long dead, Made sweet with summer and the rose But sighs, I've found, don't cut much ice, Nor bring an increase in your pay- In fact…

I Remember, I Remember

I Remember, I Remember Thomas Hood 2982 I remember, I remember T he house where I was born The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn: He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day: But now I often wish the night…

Enthusiasm

ENTHUSIASM 5645 I kind o' like campaign' time I like to hear 'em tellさん) Jes' what the goverment should do to keep things goin' well; I like to hear 'em talk about the cor- poration folks That holds us common people by the throat; I like…

Soho

Soho 1344 I loved best her pretty eyes, Clearer than stars in any skies I loved her eyes for their dear lies Dance the jig! And ah! the ways, the ways she had Of driving a poor lover mad: It made a man's heart sad and glad Dance the jig! But…

The Girl I Left Behind

The Girl I Left Behind 230-5 I'm lonescme since I crossed the hills and o'er the moor that's sedgy With heavy thoughts iny mind is filled since I have parted with Peggy: Whene' I turn to view the place the tears doth fall and blind me When…

Kids

Kids 1221 I wonder why some Pas have none, And others have no many It seems the poor Pas have the most, And rich ones haven't any The richest man I know in town Has just one small boy only: But pa says: Grel he pities him In that big house…

“Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep”

"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" 43613 "Now I lay me down to sleep: I pray the Lord my soul to keep,"L Was my childhood's early prayer, Taught by my mother's love and care Many years since they have fled: Mother slumbers with the dead; Yet…

I Just Came Back To Say Goodbye

I Just Came Back to Say Goodbye 4544 A loving husband held his wife ploen to his throb bing heart, "Be b brave, And paidy hard to part my darling, for 1 know 'Lis I leave you with my dearest friend, who'll watch c'er babe and you" Then, gently…