... true. How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed. Who loved his charge but never loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth. And brave old wisdom... The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Página 386por James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 422 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 296 páginas
...beautiful to see COMMEMORATION ODE 23 And brave old wisdom of sincerity! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er onr cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind ;f Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined,... | |
| Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - 1890 - 94 páginas
...his 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...bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer... | |
| Susan Coolidge - 1890 - 382 páginas
...shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. His was no lonely mountain peak of mind Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars,...blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Yet also nigh to Heaven, and loved of loftiest stars. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. HE went through life bearing... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 páginas
...his 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...supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 296 páginas
...unfaltering skill, jj And supple-tempered will ^ j That bent like perfect steel to spring again and Y thrust. ^ His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind","...thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now los^n, vapors blind ; Broad praupie rather, genial,' l^vel-iined, Fruitful and friendly for all human... | |
| 1909 - 632 páginas
...by his 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 unfaltering skill, And subtle-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust His was no lonely mountain-peak... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1891 - 560 páginas
...be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that 'sure-footed...steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain -peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 560 páginas
...his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain -peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors... | |
| 1892 - 780 páginas
...his 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...lost in vapors blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level lined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind, Yet also nigh to heaven loved of loftiest stars.... | |
| John Henry Barrows - 1893 - 572 páginas
...Lowell so finely sang of Lincoln was equally true of Mr. Beecher. " His was no lonely mountain peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars,...rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly to all human kind, Yet also nigh to heaven, and loved of loftiest stars." 1 Felix Adler, " Beecher... | |
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