 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 páginas
...the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. 3. He passed again, and lo ! the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. 4. A nameless man, amid a crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 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 ; 't was old, and yet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 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 't was new ; A simple fancy of the brain, but strong in being true. It shone... | |
 | 1879 - 446 páginas
...the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, ami lo ! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled...old, and yet 'twas new ; A simple fancy of the brain, Put strong in being true. It shone upon a genial mind, And lo ! its light became A lamp of life, a... | |
 | Spencer Murch - 1879 - 188 páginas
...of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, by summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside. A nameless man, amid a crowd that thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, unstudied... | |
 | 1880 - 296 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 parchdd tongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 'Twas old, and yet was... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 parchingtongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought, 'Twas old, and yet 'twas-new,... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 168 páginas
...the well, By summers never dried, Had cool'd ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new,— A simple fancy of the brain, A dreamer dropp'da random thought, But strong in being true. It shone upon a genial mind, And lo !... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 páginas
...upon a genial mind, And lo ' its light became A lamp of life, a beacon ray, A monitory flame He passed again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...simple fancy of the brain, But strong in being true. The thought was small — its issue great. A watch-fire on the hill, It sheds its radiance far adown,... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1883 - 542 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,...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. ha dusty road. A dreamer dropped a random thought; 'Twas old — and yet 'twas new; A simple fancy... | |
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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. 
