“O Trade, O Trade! Would thou wert dead!
The time needs heart — 'tis tired of head.”

“O you recall the song ya used to sing-a-long,
Shifting the river-trade on that ol' steamer,
Life is but a dream!”

“O eyes long laid in happy sleep!
O happy sleep, that lightly fled!
O happy kiss, that woke thy sleep!
O love, thy kiss would wake the dead!”

“Canst thou not wait for Love one flying hour
O heart of little faith?”

“O if thou knew’st how thou thyself dost harm,
And dost prejudge thy bliss, and spoil my rest;
Then thou would’st melt the ice out of thy breast
And thy relenting heart would kindly warm.”

“O time, thou must untangle this, not I.
It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.”

“O Lord! take my heart, for I cannot give it; and when Thou hast it, O! keep it, for I cannot keep it for Thee; and save me in spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake.”

“O fading honours of the dead!
O high ambition, lowly laid!”

“O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven”

“O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,
The only righteous judge art thou!”