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Title: Songs for All Seasons, and Other Poems

Author: Cora C. Bass

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Language: English

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Songs for All Seasons
and
Other Poems.

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Best wishes of the season to each and every one;
 May the fairest gifts attend thee till the day of time is done.
 Flow thy lives as smoothly as the tide of Heavenly love,
 And sweetest songs be given to the King of Kings above.

————

By
Cora C. Bass.

————

Lowell, Mass.
The Lawler Printing Company.
1901.


Copyright by
CORA C. BASS,
1901.

PREFACE.

Thanks are due to The New York Observer, Zion’s Herald, The Standard, Boston Transcript, Portland Transcript, New England Home Magazine and others.

I would also take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude to the many friends who gave so kindly a welcome to my first book of poems.

CORA C. BASS.

CONTENTS

Songs For All Seasons1
Bravely Do and Bravely Bear1
The Waves of Chance2
Precious Seed3
Ours Is The Choice3
The Sum of Life4
Build4
The Perfect Song5
Sunshine5
“It Is God’s Way”6
Time6
May7
Man and The Mist8
The Flowers9
Recompense9
The Way10
A Song10
The Missing Ship11
Tranquility12
No Duty Is Too Difficult To Do12
“Old Year, Adieu”13
Washington14
Comrades15
Character16
What Is There To Be Thankful For?17
Life’s Temple18
What Do We Owe Our Friends?19
Memorial Day20
Our City23
Night24
Little Wide-Awake25
Try To Help Another26
Independence27
Contrasted Lives29
The Way Will Open29
Spring30
Victoria31
Freedom’s Son31
Our River33
Sunset33
Memorial Poem34
Blessed Was The Name She Bore37
Content38
Violet39
“Longest Lanes Must Have a Turning”39
Is There Not Something We Can Do?40
Sunny Days41
Bunker Hill42
Doing43
For Feeble Hands43
Little Can’t-Wait44
Make It a Pleasure46
If We Had Lived When First The Pilgrims Came47
Mumma, ’Ang Me ’Tocking Up47
Our Joy Is Measured By What We Do48
Thanksgiving49
Transmuted49
Christmas Gifts49
What He Wanted50
A Hero51
Baby’s Christmas52
Lovely May53
The Chimes53
Well May I Laugh54
Santa ’s Coming55
To-day and To-morrow55
Commendation55
Tried and True57
Sunny Skies58
Not a Day59
Things Done60
The Word60
Fear Not61
The Law Of The Present, Obey61
Christmas Eve62
In The Mirror63
Living For Others63
The Book of Time63
Who Is This So Loved Of Yore?64
Christmas Thoughts65
Beauty Of The Soul66
Brighter Hours66
Willing To Serve67
Banners Waving67
Can You See a Little Face?68
The Baby’s Palm69
No Blessing Ever Comes By Chance69
The Mayflower70
The Best We Can71
Something To Look Forward To72
Christmas72
The Brightness We Have Learned To Share73
Ring Busy Bells74
The River-Of-Life76
Singing Songs For Jesus77
Anchor Me Safe78
Shine Out78
Whatever Changes Time May Bring79
Looking To Jesus80
I Neither Faint Nor Fear80
Easter-Tide82
However High The Aim82
He Giveth His Beloved Sleep83
As We Are83
Can The Willing Hands Be Weary?84
The Message So Sweet85
Service85
Risen To-day86
Another’s Place86
The Window Of Life88
Thou Art Mine89
The Merry Bells90
Follow Jesus90
The Bright Side91
We Shall Meet Again92
The Empty Life92
A Living Lord93
“Have Fellowship One With Another”94
Following Jesus94
The Christian’s Hope95
Coming Once More95
The Present97
Be Faithful97
Why Will Ye Die98
The Testing Time99
Light99
If a Work is Worth the Doing100
Take Thy Stand102
Father, Accept Our Thanks102

Songs for All Seasons.

SONGS FOR ALL SEASONS.

Songs for all seasons, thrice welcome,
 And grateful they are to the ear;
 The rhythmical ring of each measure
 As the voice of the wood-thrush is clear.
 We hear the first note of the springtime,
 And quickly our hearts are attune
 With melodies pulsing around us,
 Till Winter, himself, is as June.
Songs for all seasons, we love them,
 The harmonies borne on the breeze.
 We love the deep tones of the billows,
 The brisk, busy, hum of the bees.
 The harvesting songs they are pleasant,
 The scent of the harvest, how sweet!
 Yet never a song of the seasons
 With winter’s own song can compete.

BRAVELY DO AND BRAVELY BEAR.

I will bravely do and bravely bear
 Whatever God may send,
 Well knowing He will ease my care
 And His true child defend.
 I will bravely do and bravely bear,
 Yea, strive to do my best,
 Whether the way be dark or fair,
 And leave to Him the rest.

THE WAVES OF CHANCE.

Buffeted by the waves of chance,
 Uncertain what to do,
 We sail the sea of circumstance
 A voyage ever new.
 The beacon light too often hid,
 On which we could rely,
 Can Hope betray us? God forbid!
 The haven still is nigh.
Buffeted by the waves of chance,
 Without the compass—choice,
 Neglecting when we should advance
 The one directing voice;
 Bewildered by the blinding spray
 We fail to count the cost,
 And court the dangers of delay
 When reckonings are lost.
Buffeted by the waves of chance,
 Rejecting what is best,
 We scan the billows’ wild expanse
 An eager, ceaseless quest.
 The faithful pilot we have missed,
 No fault of his, our own;
 It means destruction to desist,—
 We battle on alone.
Buffeted by the waves of chance,
 Not knowing where to land,
 We need a keen, unerring glance,
 A firm, a steadfast hand.
 The ship of life triumphant glides
 Past doubt’s delusive reef,
 And joyfully at anchor rides
 In yon fair bay—Belief.

PRECIOUS SEED.

If no one planted precious seed
 How barren all the land would be,
 North and south and east and west,
 Never plenty, never rest;
 For a harvest rich and free,
 Vain to plead.
Be ready, all along the way,
 To seek the motive power of life;
 Free to sow, to garner in,
 Love its sure reward will win.
 Undismayed by doubt or strife,
 Work away.
If each man did the best he could
 In winter as in summer time;
 By pleasure’s side, on sorrow’s brink,
 His life chain forging link by link;
 Easy it would be to climb,
 Doing good.

OURS IS THE CHOICE.