| 1842 - 414 páginas
...used them so, That what in other mouths seemed rough In his was musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth In whom no good they saw, And yet,...unwittingly in truth, They made his careless words thek law. VII. They knew not how he learned at all, For hour after hour, He sate and watched the dead... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 páginas
...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For, long hour after hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 páginas
...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For, long hour after hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 páginas
...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And...law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, long hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
| 1854 - 428 páginas
...shiftless yonth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, nnwittingly, in trnth, They made his eareless words their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, long honr by honr, He sat and watehed the dead leaves fall, Or mnsed npon a eommon flower. It seemed... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 páginas
...truth, They made his careless words their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, long hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found a healing power profuse. / Men granted that his... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1854 - 276 páginas
...truth, They made his careless words their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, long hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall,...him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found a healing power profuse. Men granted that his speech was wise, But, when a glance... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 páginas
...of a short poem. He makes that event the first introduction of poetry to men. " Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw, And yet...in truth, They made his careless words their law. " And day by day more holy grew Each spot where he had trod, Till after-poets only knew Their first-born... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 418 páginas
...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough, In his seemed musical and low ; They called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And...unwittingly, in truth, They made his careless words their law *." In general we may remark that the common, popular mode of expressing the superlative is far removed... | |
| 1856 - 642 páginas
...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough. In hie seem'd mueical and low. They call'd Mm but a shiftless youth. In whom no good they saw; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made hi« careless words their law.' In general we may remark that the common, popular mode of expressing... | |
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