Eliza Cook Quotes and Quotations
A cheer, then, for the noble breast that fears not danger's post; And like the lifeboat, proves a friend, When friends are wanted most. On what strange stuff Ambition feeds! Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man. A cheer, then, for the noblest breast That fears not danger's post; And like the lifeboat, proves a friend, When friends are wanted most. The span of life is waning fast; Beware, unthinking youth, beware! Thy soul's eternity depends Upon the record moments bear! Oh! Much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay And much may be gained by relying On "Where there's a Will There's a Way." Who would not rather trust and be deceived?
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