A Quote

[olde_fashioned]

This heads Chapter 17 of Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South. I love that she included appropriate quotations at the beginning of each of her chapters, and I really like this one. When I first read the book last summer I wrote out and saved the verse, rediscovering it only this afternoon while cleaning my room. ;-)



There are briars besetting every path,
Which call for patient care;
There is a cross in every lot,
And an earnest need for prayer."
~ A. L. Waring

I tried using Google to find the rest of it, and here is what came up:

And if some things I do not ask
In my cup of blessing be,
I would have my spirit fill'd the more
With grateful love to Thee ;
More careful, not to serve Thee much,
But to please Thee perfectly.

There are briars besetting every path,
That call for patient care ;
There is a cross in every lot,
And an earnest need for prayer ;
But a lowly heart, that leans on Thee,
Is happy anywhere.

In a service which Thy will appoints
There are no bonds for me ;
For my inmost heart is taught the Truth
That makes Thy children free ;
And a life of self-renouncing love
Is a life of liberty.

~ Anna Leticia Waring


I think EG chose the very best portion of the poem.

Comments

[seventh-stage.livejournal.com]

you know, I actually stumbled upon her book unknowing while visiting the bookstore (it's more like a library to me) but I shall go back and buy it now! (I also look forward to watching the series after reading it and by the icon-making, you must like it eh?) These are very good things you write and pay attention to in the world. I'm very glad.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Really!! Well, it's a wonderful, wonderful book, and I think that most people who enjoy Jane Austen would enjoy Elizabeth Gaskell. North & South has been compared to Pride & Prejudice, but I think it has it's own merits.

Yes, read the book first, and then you can enjoy the equally-wonderful mini series!! It's become my favourite movie, can you tell? :-D