 Nature, they say,. doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new,...  Poetical Works - Página 400por John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 522 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1872 - 810 páginas
...the Lincoln whom the poet had already revealed to us : — "Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed, One whose meek flock the people joyed to be. Not lured...clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now,... | |
 | 1865 - 654 páginas
...choo>ing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful...human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I They new that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfultei... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 518 páginas
...choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful...clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's... | |
 | 1879 - 692 páginas
...choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. " How...clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1867 - 480 páginas
...choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of b^rth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 páginas
...West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. 4. How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind...cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth Aad brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dustj They could not choose but... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1867 - 472 páginas
...choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind iadeed, Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be,... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1868 - 300 páginas
...sweet clay from the breast, Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful...clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1869 - 524 páginas
...choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful...clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 páginas
...choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful...Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead; One whoso meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained... | |
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