Category: Biographies
"The rights of woman, what are they? The right to labour and to pray; The right to succour in distress; The right, when others curse; to bless; The right to lead the soul to God, Along the path the Saviour trod."
"Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell; Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their gra...
2. Chapter 2"Honour be with the dead! The people kneel Under the helms of antique chivalry, And in the crimson gloom from banners thrown, And 'midst the forms in pale, proud slumber carved...
13. Chapter 13"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. "She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. "She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; ye...
4. Chapter 4"And as the evening darkens, lo! how bright, Through the deep purple of the twilight air, Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light, With strange unearthly splendour in its g...
9. Chapter 9"There was not on that day a speck to stain The azure heaven, the blessed sun alone, In unapproachable divinity, Careered, rejoicing in his fields of light. How beautiful beneat...
5. Chapter 5"So low did her secure foundations lie; She was not humble, but humility. Scarcely she knew that she was great, or fair, Or wise, beyond what other women are Or (which is better...
3. Chapter 3"We are willing, we are ready: We would learn if thou would teach: We have hearts that yearn towards duty, We have minds alive to beauty, Souls that any heights can reach.
1. Chapter 1"The rights of woman, what are they? The right to labour and to pray; The right to succour in distress; The right, when others curse; to bless; The right to lead the soul to God...
12. Chapter 12"Thus her compassion woman shows, Beneath the line her acts are these; Nor the wide waste of Lapland snows, Can her warm flow of piety freeze. From some sad land the stranger co...
11. Chapter 11"And for ever, wind and surge, Loud or low, shall be their dirge; And each idle wave that breaks Henceforth upon any shore, Shall be dearer for their sakes, Shall be holy evermo...
14. Chapter 14"A young rose in the summer-time Is beautiful to me, And glorious are the many stars That glimmer on the sea; But gentle words and loving hearts, And hands to clasp my own, Are...
6. Chapter 6"It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold: 'Peace on the earth, good-will to men, From heaven'...
17. Chapter 17"What wouldst thou be? A blessing to each one surrounding me, A chalice of dew to the weary heart, A sunbeam of joy bidding sorrow depart, To the storm-tossed vessel a beacon-li...
16. Chapter 16"Grieve not that I die young--is it not well To pass away ere life hath lost its brightness? Bind me no longer, sisters, with the spell Of love and your kind words. List ye to m...
15. Chapter 15"The merry homes of England! Around their hearths by night, What gladsome looks of household love Meet in the rudy light! There woman's voice glows forth in song, Or childhood t...
8. Chapter 8"All slavery, warfare, lies and wrongs, All vice and crime, might die together; And wine and corn To each man born Be free, as warmth in summer weather."--C. Mackay.
18. Chapter 18"Where no shadow shall bewilder, Where life's vain parade is o'er, Where the sleep of sin is broken, And the dreamer dreams no more; Where no bond is ever sundered; Partings, cl...
7. Chapter 7"Deal gently with her; thou art dear Beyond what vestal lips have told, And, like a lamb from fountains clear, She turns confiding to thy fold. She, round thy sweet domestic bow...