Memories of Malling and Its Valley: With a Fauna and Flora of Kent

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H.C.H. Oliver, 1893 - Kent (England) - 291 pages

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Page 50 - And wilt thou leave me thus? Say nay, say nay. And wilt thou leave me thus, That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among? And is thy heart so strong " As for to leave me thus? Say nay, say nay. And wilt thou leave me thus, That hath given thee my heart, Never for to depart Neither for pain nor smart; And wilt thou leave me thus? Say nay, say nay.
Page 115 - My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Page 92 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, And the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Page 149 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Page 247 - A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three...
Page 50 - AND wilt thou leave me thus? Say nay ! say nay ! for shame ! To save thee from the blame Of all my grief and grame. And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay! say nay! And wilt thou leave me thus, That hath loved thee so long, In wealth and woe among? And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus? Say nay ! say nay...
Page 131 - God ; they which dwell in it are no more strangers and foreigners, but citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets ; Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone, in whom all the building coupled together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord.
Page 131 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Page 131 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that 1 am baptized with ? They say unto Him, We are able. And He saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with...
Page 129 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.

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