scribecmi46
11-11-2009, 05:18 AM
Hello,
I am brand new, please forgive my awkwardness, for I am certain it is apparent. Ok so the poem I have came out of an old Bible, indeed old, as it has a hand written, "we laid our dear mother to rest .....1867 (guessing, can't remember the exact year but this is close), inside this wonderful old Bible was this poem from either an old magazine, or perhaps an old newspaper. Ok so the top has literally been torn off but a lot of the verbiage is still intact, and so I will type it here, what I have that is, from top to bottom, I would LOVE to hear from anyone who might know who wrote it, and what the rest of the content is. Thank you to anyone who can help. My email is [email protected]. Again many thanks.
At the top it has a partial name, and when I say partial, take that as VERY lliteral: it says E. LAD......
Under that is also a VERY PARTIAL TITLE: IT IS N.....
Ok here's the body as near as I can read:
To apologize......
To begin...
To admit error....
To be unselfish....
To take advice. (this actually had a period and is where the tear part ended and the whole rest of the poem is intact)--hopefully that will help.
To be charitable.
To be considerate.
To endure success. ( I found this rather charming, as in to be grateful? for success or to do enjoy it with humility?)
To keep on trying.
To avoid mistakes.
To forgive and forget.
To keep out of the rut.
To make the most of a little.
To maintain a high standard.
To recognize the silver lining.
To shoulder a deserved blame.
BUT IT ALWAYS PAYS. (this last line was all in caps.)
I found this to be extremely charming, and not only that, I found it to have real value, not only in the 18th century, but obviously for the 21st century and where we are right this very minute.
Please advise if you can find out anything at all. I'm a retired English HS teacher and I found NOTHING, and I searched and searched, both my own resources and many sites online. I just have to find the rest of this and who this person/author is, and also to see if he/she has anymore.
Thank you to anyone who can help.
Best
Constance
I am brand new, please forgive my awkwardness, for I am certain it is apparent. Ok so the poem I have came out of an old Bible, indeed old, as it has a hand written, "we laid our dear mother to rest .....1867 (guessing, can't remember the exact year but this is close), inside this wonderful old Bible was this poem from either an old magazine, or perhaps an old newspaper. Ok so the top has literally been torn off but a lot of the verbiage is still intact, and so I will type it here, what I have that is, from top to bottom, I would LOVE to hear from anyone who might know who wrote it, and what the rest of the content is. Thank you to anyone who can help. My email is [email protected]. Again many thanks.
At the top it has a partial name, and when I say partial, take that as VERY lliteral: it says E. LAD......
Under that is also a VERY PARTIAL TITLE: IT IS N.....
Ok here's the body as near as I can read:
To apologize......
To begin...
To admit error....
To be unselfish....
To take advice. (this actually had a period and is where the tear part ended and the whole rest of the poem is intact)--hopefully that will help.
To be charitable.
To be considerate.
To endure success. ( I found this rather charming, as in to be grateful? for success or to do enjoy it with humility?)
To keep on trying.
To avoid mistakes.
To forgive and forget.
To keep out of the rut.
To make the most of a little.
To maintain a high standard.
To recognize the silver lining.
To shoulder a deserved blame.
BUT IT ALWAYS PAYS. (this last line was all in caps.)
I found this to be extremely charming, and not only that, I found it to have real value, not only in the 18th century, but obviously for the 21st century and where we are right this very minute.
Please advise if you can find out anything at all. I'm a retired English HS teacher and I found NOTHING, and I searched and searched, both my own resources and many sites online. I just have to find the rest of this and who this person/author is, and also to see if he/she has anymore.
Thank you to anyone who can help.
Best
Constance