John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Elizabeth Akers Allen 1832-1911 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight! Make me a child again, just for to-night! |
| Rock me to sleep. |
| 2 |
| Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears,— Toil without recompense, tears all in vain! Take them, and give me my childhood again! |
| Rock me to sleep. |
| 3 |
| Behold, we live through all things,—famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery, All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst On soul and body,—but we can not die, Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn,— Lo, all things can be borne! |
| Endurance. |