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Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature tr library) UNIVERSITY OF I presented to the UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO by Diana Pohlman TOASTER PIECES OF THEjT I WORLD'S BEST j* LITERATURE EDITED BY JEANNETTEL GILDERS CLASSIC PUBLISHING CO.. NEW YORK Copyright, MCMX, by ORSAMUS TURNER HARRIS New York Printed in the Cnitcd States of America INDEX TO AUTHORS PAGE KEMPIS, THOMAS A' 5 The Way of the Holy Cross. That a Man Should not be Over-careful in Matters of Business. That Man Hath of Himself no Good Thing nor Any- thing Whereof he Can Glory. Love of Solitude and Silence. Concerning the Inward Life. The Consideration of One's Self. KINGSLEY, CHARLES 17 The Merry Lark. A Farewell. The Lands o' Dee. The Dear Old Doll. The World's Age. The Three Fishers. Causes of the Defects in Modern Poetry. Hypatia's Death. A Skirmish. KIPLING. RUDYARD 34 Bimi. Danny Deever. Fuzzy-Wuzzy. Mandalay. False Dawn. The Three Musketeers. Namgay Doola. LAMARTINE. ALFONSO DE 77 The Cedars of Lebanon. The Temple. Godlessness of the French Revolution. LAMB, CHARLES 83 Poor Relations. Dream-Children. A Dissertation upon Roast-Pig. LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE 100 Imaginery Conversation between Sir Philip Sidney and Lord Brooke. Imaginery Conversation between Roger Ascham and Lady Jane Grey. The Maiden s Lament. The One Gray Hair. To the Sister of Elia. On Southey's Death. An Old Poet to SleeD. tESSING. GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM Ill From "Nathan the Wise." LEVER, CHARLES JAMES ........ 122 Larry McIIale. " The Widow Malone." LINCOLN, ABRAHAM „ * . 2CJ Farewell Address at Springfield. Letter to Horace Greeley. Gettysburg Address. Letter to Mrs. Bixby. Becond Inaugural Address. VOI* VI 1. INDEX TO AUTHORS PAOl LONGFELLOW. HENRY W 129 A Psalm of Life. The Wreck of the Hesperus. Hymn to the Night. The Rainy Day. Excelsior. The Belfry of Bruges. The Old Clock on the Stairs. The Children's Hour. John Alden and Priscilla. The Arrow and the Song. The Building of the Ship. Hiawatha's Wooing. Grand-Pre in Arcadie. The Reaper and the Flowers. The Beleaguered City Woods in Winter. The Village Blacksmith. Paul Revere's Ride. LOWELL. JAMES RUSSELL 176 The Vision of Sir Launfal. To Perdita. Singing. Remembered Music. The Shepherd of King Admetus. The Sower. To the Dandelion. The Biglow Papers. MACAULAY. THOMAS B 207 The Armada. Ivry. The Battle of Naseby. Horatius. Trial of Warren Hastings. MACDONALD, GEORGE 237 j Where did you Come from? Love me. Beloved. O! My Lcve is like a Wind of Death. The Hurt of Love. Song. MAUPASSANT. GUY DE . 243 Who Can Tell? MEREDITH, GEORGE 261 Diana's Night-watch. MEREDITH. OWEN, see EDWARD ROBERT BULWER- LYTTON. MILTON, JOHN 272 On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. L' Allegro. II Penseroso. On His Blindness. The Hymn on the Nativity. The Disobedience. MITCHELL. DONALD GRANT 290 School Days. The Sea. The Father-Land. MOORE. THOMAS 312 Go. where Giory Waits Thee. Oft, in the Stilly Night. Sweet Innisfallen. Love's Young Dream. Come ye Disconsolate. Believe, Me if all those Endearing Young Charms. The Turf shall be My Fragrant Shrine. Those Evening Bells. Remember Thee. Oh! Breathe not his Name. The Harp that once through Tara's Hall. INDEX TO TITLES PAGH Armada, «The Thomas B. Macaulay 207 Arr.w aud the Sony. The Henry W. Longfellow 144 Battle of Naseby, The Thomas B Macaulay 215 Beleaguered City, The Henry W. Low fellow 166 Belfry or liruges. The Henry W. Longfellow 136 Believe me, if all those Endearing Young Charms, , Thomas Moore 317 Biglow Papers. The Janus Russell Lowell 193 Bimi Rudyard Kipling 34 Building of the Ship, The Henry W. Lowfellow 145 Causes of tne Defects in Modern Poetry.... Charles Kingsley 21 Cedars of Lebanon. The Alphonse <le Lamanine 77 Children's Hoar, The Henry W. Longfellow 140 Come, ye Disconsolate Tliomas Moore 317 Concerning the Inward Life Thomas A Kempis 15 Consideration of One's Self, The Thomas A' Knnpis 15 Danny Deever Iludyard Kipling 41 DearOld Doll. The Charles Kingsley 19 Dia na s N ight-watch Geor-.e Mend ith 261 Disobedience, The John Milton 286 Dissertation upon Roast-Pig, A Charles uamb 91 Dream-Children Charles Lamb 86 Excelsior Heurv W. Long'ellow 134 False Dawn Rudyard Kipling 47 Farewell. A Charles Kingsley 18 Farewell Address, Springfield Abraham Lincoln 200 Father-Land. The Donald Grant Mitchell 304 * uzzy- Wuzzy Rudyard Kipling 43 Gettysburg Addresj Abraham Lincoln 2P2 Godlessness of the French Revolution. Alphonse rle Lamartine 82 r> tttv. ™ , „, Go. Where Glory waits Thee Thomas Moore Grand-Pre 312 in A rcadie Henry W. Longfelhytu 163 that Harp once through Tara's Hall, The Thomas'Muore 320 Hiawatha's Wooing Hen ,y W. Longfellow goratiu 156 s Thomas B. Macaulay 218 Hurt of Love. The George Macdonald 241 Hymn on the Nativity, The John MilVm 282 Hymn to the Night Henry W. Hypatias Lowfellcno 133 Death Charles Kiwisley 23 11 Penseroso. John Milton 277 imaginary Conversation between Roger Ascham and Lady Jane Grey - -: Walter Savage Landor Imaginary 104 Conversation between Sir Phili p Sydney and Lord Br00ke Walter Savage Landor 100 3 INDEX TO TITLES Ivry Thomas B. Macaulay John Alden and Priscilla Henrg W. Longfellow L'Allegro Jonn Milton Larry McHale Charles James Lever Letter to Horace Greeley Abraham Lincoln Letter to Mrs. Bixuy Abruhum Lincoln Love me. Beloved George Macdonald Love of Solitude and Silence Thomas A'Kempis Love's Young Dream Thomas Moore Maiden's Lament, The Walter Savage Landor Mandalay Rudyara Kipling Merry Lark, The Charles Kingsley Nauagay Doola Rudyurd Kipling Nathan the Wise Gotihold E. Lessing Oft, in the Stilly Night T7;< mas Moore Oh! Breathe not his Name Thomas Moore Old Clock on the Stairs, The Henry W. Longfellow Old Poet to Sleep, An Walter Savage Landor O, My Love is like a Wind of Death George Macdonald One Gray Hair, The Walter Savage Landor On His Blindness John Milton On Southey 's Death Walter Savage Landor On the Morning of Christ's Nativity John Milton Paul Revere's Ride Henry W. Longfellow Poor Relations Charles Lamb Psalm of Life, A Henry W. Longfellow Rainy Day, The Henry W. Longfellow Reaper and the Flowers, The Henry W. Longfellow Remember Thee Thomas Moore Remembered Music James Russell L<well Sands o' Dee, The Charles Kingsley 8chool Days Donald Grant Mitchell Sea, The Vonuld Grant Mitchell Second Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln Shepherd of King Admetus, The James Ruasell Lowell Skirmish, A ('hades Knigsley %ong G<<>rge Macdonald Sower, The James Russell Lowell Sweet lunisfallen Thomas Moore Temple, The Alphonse de Lamartine That a Man should not be Over-Careful in Matters of Busi- ness ITiomas A 'Kempis That Man hath of Himself no Good Thing nor Anything whereof he can Glory Thomas A'Kempis Those Evening Bells Thomas Moore To Perdita. Singing Jamts Jlussell Lowell To the Dandelion James Rnssell Lowell To the Sister of Elia Walter Savage Landor Three Fishers, The Charles Kingsley Three Musketeers. The Rudyard Kipling Trial of Warren Hastings Thomas B. Macaulay Turf shall be my Fragrant Shrine, The Thomas Moore Village Blacksmith. The Henry W. Longfellow Vision of Sir Launfal. Toe James Z?««wfl Lowell Way of the Holy Cross. The Tnomas A'Kempis Where did you came from? G<oroe Macdonald Who Can Tell? ....Gnyde Maunaosant Widow Malone. The Charles James Lever Wood.; in Winter Henru W. L-ntQfeliOta Worla s Age, The Charles Kingsley Wreck >f the Hesperus, The H°nry W. Longfellow THOMAS A'KEMPIS Thomas A'Kempis, a German religious writer, was born at Kempen, from which he took his name, about 1380; died at the monastery of Mount St. Agnes, in The Netherlands, in 1471. He entered a monastery and passed through various offices, finally attaining that of sub-prior. He wrote many religious works, but the one that gave him enduring fame was his " Imitation of Christ." It has held its place for four centuries, and has been more read than any other book, with the sole exception of the Bible; and has been translated into almost every tongue. THE WAY OF THE HOLY CROSS (From the " Imitation of Christ ") UNTO many this seemeth a hard speech, " Deny thyself, take up thy cross, and follow Jesus." But much harder will it be to hear that last word, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire." For they who now willingly hear and follow the word of the cross, shall not then fear to hear the sentence of everlasting damnation. This sign of the cross shall be in the heaven, when the Lord shall come to judgment. Then all the servants of the cross, who in their lifetime conformed themselves unto Christ crucified, shall draw near unto Christ the judge with great confidence. 2. Why, therefore, fearest thou to take up the cross which leadeth thee to a kingdom? In the cross is salvation, in the cross is life, in the VOL. vl Jt THOMAS A KEMPIS cross is protection against our enemies, in the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness, in the cross is strength of mind, in the cross joy of spirit, in the cross the height of virtue, in the cross the perfection of sanctity. There is no salvation of the soul, nor hope of ever- lasting life, but in the cross. Take up, therefore, thy cross and follow Jesus, and thou shalt go into life everlasting. He went be- fore, bearing His cross, and died for thee on the cross; that thou mightest also bear thy cross and de- sire to die on the cross with Him. For if thou be dead with Him, thou shalt also live with Him.
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