Marguerite, or the Quaker Minister's Daughter (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Mary Huestis Fawcett

9780332211275: Marguerite, or the Quaker Minister's Daughter (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0332211274 ISBN 13: 9780332211275

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from Marguerite, or the Quaker Minister's Daughter

I have been a lonely wanderer I have traveled mile by mile, I have sat by many a hearthstone, And have often listened, while Stories strange have been narrated By truth's lips, both young and old, But the ones that touched me deepest Never can in books be told; Yet there are some tender memories, Brightening all my restful dreams, That are mirrored on life's heaven By the magic of time's streams, As they ripple through the mysteries Of the land of far away, Bearing homeward murmuring echoes That were silenced all the day; But the hush of darkness brings them To our home, one winter night; In the background danced our shadows By the wood fire's flickering light, While we talked of noted authors, Of their latest works and books, When a fair and lovely 'maiden I will not forget her looks Very sweetly asked the question Her dark eyes with light aglow - o Why not write another story? Some will criticise, I know, Yet the effort will be worthy, And receive its meed of praise; Never yet has lived an author Whom all loved his works and ways. Choose from life a noble hero, And a guileless heroine; Write it all in rhymes and verses, Some sweet thought in every line; Then it can but prove a blessing, And will surely good impart Will awake a slumbering virtue In some weary, fainting heart; Play upon its quivering life-chords With a skillful, pitying hand Till its beauty reaches heaven, By hope's zephyrs softly fanned Lifting, thus, its aspirations To a higher, nobler life, Far above earth's luring vices, Far above its sordid strife.

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