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THERE IS A DAY OF SUNNY REST
FOR EVERY DARK AND TROUBLED NIGHT,
AND GRIEF MAY BIDE AN EVENING GUEST
BUT JOY SHALL COME WITH EARLY LIGHT.
(SIGNED) MARY FLEMING, JAN. 28, 1881
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00001880S
THE SAINT THAT WEARS THE BIGGEST CROWN
IN DEEPEST ADORATION BENDS;
THE WEIGHT OF GLORY BOWS HIM DOWN
THE MOST, WHEN MOST HIS SOUL DESCENDS.
NEARER THE THRONE ITSELF MUST BE
THE FOOTSTOOL OF HUMILITY.
(SIGNED) CHARLES J. HIMMELSBACH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00001880S
WE OFTEN FAIL BUT TRY AGAIN
DON'T GIVE UP IN DESPAIR
LET FAILURE GIVE YOU GREATER STRENGTH
OF IDLENESS BEWARE.
KEEP WORKING ON (AND) YOU MUST SUCCEED
BUT PRAY LET ME IMPRESS
THIS WELL KNOWN MOTTO ON YOUR MIND
MERIT COMMANDS SUCCESS
(SIGNED) ED M. WALLEN
WHEELING, FEB. 17 (1890 CA.)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
GATHER THE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY
OLD TIME IS STILL A FLYING
AND THAT SAME FLOWER THAT BLOOMS TODAY
TOMORROW SHALL BE DYING.
(SIGNED) LIZZIE SNYDER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00001800S
ONLY WANT A LITTLE SPOT
TO WRITE THE WORDS "FORGET ME NOT."
(SIGNED) AMELIA HANNER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 00001880S
TIS HARD TO PART WITH A FRIEND I LOVE
TIS HARD TO PART WITH FEW
TIS NOT SO HARD TO PART WITH SOME
AS TIS TO PART WITH YOU
(SIGNED) MARY HIMMELSBACH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00001880S
A LITTLE WORD IN KINDNESS SPOKEN
A MOTION OR A TEAR
HAS OFTEN HEALED THE HEART THAT'S BROKEN
AND MADE A FRIEND SINCERE
(SIGNED) YOUR NIECE, MARGURITE MATHES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00001880S
TIS NOT TITLES AND NOT RANK
TIS NOT WEALTH LIKE LONDON BANK
THAT MAKES YOU TRULY BLEST
BUT HAPPINESS HAS ITS SEAT
AND CENTER IN THE BREAST
SO BE IN FUTURE AS IN PAST
AND YOU SURELY WILL BE BLEST.
(SIGNED) CHARLES MATHES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
I WISH YOU HEALTH, I WISH YOU WEALTH,
I WISH YOU GOLD IN STORE
I WISH YOU HEAVEN AFTER DEATH
WHAT COULD I WISH YOU MORE.
(SIGNED) M. MILLER CA. 1885
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
MAY YOUR CHEEKS RETAIN THEIR DIMPLES
AND YOUR SMILE BE JUST AS GAY.
TILL SOME MANLY VOICE SHALL WHISPER
DEAR CLARA, NAME THE DAY.
(SIGNED) MATTIE STOCK, 1884, AUGUST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
THERE IS A SMILE FOR EVERY SIGH
FOR EVERY WOUND A BALM
A JOY FOR EVERY MOISTENED EYE
FOR EVERY STORM A CALM.
EACH SIGH IS SENT A SMILE TO LIGHT
EACH WOUND IN MERCY GIVEN
EACH TEAR FILLED EYE WILL YET BE BRIGHT
EACH STORM SUBSIDE IN HEAVEN
(SIGNED) ANNA BECKMAN, JAN. 7, 1884
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
MAY YOU LEAD A USEFUL
AS WELL AS A HAPPY LIFE,
AND LIVE EVER BLESSED
WITHOUT STRIFE
(SIGNED) YOUR BROTHER HENRY (1885 CA.)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
LIFE IS A VOLUME,
FROM YOUTH TO OLD AGE
EACH YEAR FORMS A CHAPTER
EACH DAY A PAGE
MAY NONE BE MORE CHARMING
MORE WOMANLY TRUE
THAN THAT, PURE AND NOBLE
SKETCHED YEAR BY YOU.
(SIGNED) HELEN FRANCIS, JULY 2, 1883
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE RESPECTED
WHEREEVER YOU GO
AND AT LAST BE SELECTED
BY A HANDSOME YOUNG BEAU
(SIGNED) CHARLES J. MATHES, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
HEARTS, LIKE DOORS, OPEN WITH EASE
TO VERY, VERY LITTLE KEYS.
AND DON'T FORGET THAT THEY ARE THESE
I THANK YOU, SIR, AND IF YOU PLEASE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00001880S
THE WORK THAT IS SWEETEST AND DEAREST
THE WORK THAT SO MANY NE(E)R DO
THE GREAT WORK OF MAKING FOLKS HAPPY
MAY BE DONE BY A LASSIE LIEKE YOU.
(SIGNED) T. A. MORROW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00001880S
CALIFORNIA GROWS PEACHES
FLORIDA DOES TOO,
BUT IT TAKES OHIO
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED
AND HAVE 1 - 2 - 3
NAME THE PRETTIEST AFTER ME!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND LIVE ON A FARM,
SEND ME A PICKLE AS LONG AS YOUR ARM.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
WHEN DISTANT HILLS DIVIDE US
AND YOU NO MORE I SEE
REMEMBER IT WAS NETTIE WHO
WROTE THESE LINES FOR THEE
(SIGNED) NETTIE KOEHLER, 10/26/1884
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S