THE Onward Reciter. A CHOICE COLLECTION OF RECITATIONS, READINGS AND SUITABLE FOR Band of Hope Meetings, Sunday School Gatherings, EDITED BY THOS. E. HALLSWORTH. VOLUME XII. LONDON: S. W. Partridge & Co., 9, Paternoster Row. MANCHESTER : "Onward" Offices, 18, Mount Street, Peter Street, AND John Heywood, Deansgate. 1883. (COPYRIGHT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) P. 2005. f. 1. NOTHING is lost: the drop of dew Which trembles on the leaf or flower Is but exhaled to fall anew In summer's thunder-shower; That fronts the sun at fall of day; Nothing is lost: the tiniest seed By wild birds borne or breezes blown, Finds something suited to its need, Wherein 'tis sown and grown. The language of some household song, The perfume of some cherished flower, Though gone from outward sense, belong* To memory's after-hour. So with our words: or harsh or kind, Pass on, but perish not. So with our deeds: for good or ill, They have their power scarce understood; Then let us use our better will, To make them rife with good. |