Princess Mary's Gift Book: All profits on sale given to the Queen's "Work for Women" Fund which is acting in Conjunction with The National Relief Fund
General
Princess Mary's Gift Book: All profits on sale given to the Queen's "Work for Women" Fund which is acting in Conjunction with The National Relief Fund
English literature; World War, 1914-1918 -- Gift books
He can fight like a Knight
For the Truth and the Right--
_That's one good thing he can do._
[Illustration]
[Illustration:
"He can march in the queue
Of the Good and the Great,
Who battled with fate
And won through."
_Painted for
Princess Mary's Gift Book
by Eugene Hastain_]
[Illustration]
He can shun all that's mean,
He can keep himself clean,
Both without and within--
_That's another good thing he can do_.
His soul he can brace
Against everything base,
And the trace will be seen
All his life in his face--
_That's a very fine thing he can do_.
He can look to the Light,
He can keep his thought white,
He can fight the great fight,
He can do with his might
What is good in God's sight--
_Those are excellent things he can do_.
[Illustration]
Though his years be but few,
He can march in the queue
Of the Good and the Great,
Who battled with fate
And won through--
_That's a wonderful thing he can do_.
And--in each little thing
He can follow The King.
Yes--in each smallest thing
He can follow The King--
He can follow The Christ, The King.
[Illustration
[Illustration]
ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT
BY W. PETT RIDGE
_Painting by_ M. E. GRAY _and Drawings by_ LEWIS BAUMER
I KNEW a child who----
Some friends of mine have a daughter, and she----
Not very many years ago, I remember hearing----
Once upon a time--that is the proper way to begin this story--once upon
a time there was a little girl, of about the usual age, who lived near
to St. John's Wood Road Station, handy to Lord's cricket ground, and not
far from the Zoological Gardens. You would think that any one who, in
the summer, could look out of her window and see Mr. P. F. Warner
batting, and in the winter was able to go any afternoon she liked, to
watch the lions and tigers take high tea at four, ought to have been as
happy as the days were long; cheerful even when the days were short. Yet
she was not entirely satisfied; it may be said that her one failing was
a spirit of discontent. When grown-ups are discontented, it is called
ambition; but that is another matter.
On a certain Tuesday evening in November it happened that she felt quite
pleased with the world until about seven o'clock. Seven in the evening
was the hour that frequently made her peevish.
Nurse left her alone for a minute to see if everything was ready
upstairs, and in that minute the little girl jumped on a chair and moved
back the long hand. She was reading her picture-book with great interest
when nurse returned.
[Illustration]
"Bless my soul!" cried nurse. "Quite thought it wanted ten to seven, and
here it is only ten past six. I shall find myself in Colney Hatch before
I'm much older."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account