 | 1843 - 636 páginas
...wall'd it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, He passed again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought; 'Twas old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 páginas
...ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, , But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought, 'Twas old, and yet 'twas... | |
 | 1850 - 780 páginas
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 'T was old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in being true ; It shone... | |
 | 1851 - 398 páginas
...parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought; 'T was old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in being true ; It shone upon a genial mind, A monitory flame. The thought was small — its issue great, And lo ! its light became A lamp of light,... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 páginas
...ladle on the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He passed again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...thousand parching tongues, An'd saved a life beside. A nameless man, amid a crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied,... | |
 | 1856 - 412 páginas
...— He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again — and lo I the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand...parching tongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropp'da random thought, 'Twas old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in... | |
 | 1853 - 402 páginas
...ladle at the brink: He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...parching tongues And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought, 'Twas old and yet was new, A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in being... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1853 - 408 páginas
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought ; 'T was old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in... | |
 | 1854 - 606 páginas
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought ; 'Twas old, and }*et was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in... | |
 | 1854 - 608 páginas
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought ; 'Twas old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in... | |
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A little spring had lost its way amid the grass and fern, A passing stranger scooped a well where weary men might turn ; He walled it in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but' judged that toil might drink. 
