 Or hard occasion may prevent Their exercise of humble skill. It may be that the suppliant's life Has lain on many an evil way Of foul delight and brutal strife, And lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation...  Poems of Many Years - Seite 227von Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 275 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton), Richard Monckton Milnes Baron Houghton - 1840 - 200 Seiten
...can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation try ? —What man resists—what man endures,Is open to one only eye. Why not believe the homely letter...arm of power To take and tame from waste and wood !— That all men to their mortal rest Past shadow-like, and left behind No free result, no clear bequest,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1841 - 618 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any guage of yours The depth of that temptation try ? What man resists — what man endures — Is open...nature got Bare quittance of his labour's worth, That yearly teeming flocks were not, Nor manifold producing earth : No wilding growths of fruit and flower,... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 306 Seiten
...mysteries of our life, as given, Leaving the time-worn soul to slake Its thirst in an undoubted Heaven. pr. ALMS-GIVING. WHEN Poverty, with mien of shame, The...his answering heart Will gain and grow in sympathy. 42 — Suppose that each from Nature got Bare quittance of his labour's worth, That yearly-teeming... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...— Is open to one only eye. Why not believe the homely letter That all you give will God restore 1 The poor man may deserve it better, And surely, surely...good, No creatures for the arm of power To take and tome from waste and wood !That all men to their mortal rest Past shadow-like, and left behind No free... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes Baron Houghton - 1846 - 302 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation try ? — What man resists — what man endures — Is open...arm of power To take and tame from waste and wood ! • That all men to their mortal rest Passed shadow-like, and left behind No free result, no clear... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...— Is open to one only eye. Why not believe the homely letter That all you give will God restore 1 The poor man may deserve it better, And surely, surely...arm of power To take and tame from waste and wood !— That all men to their mortal rest Past shadow-like, and left behind No free result, no clear bequest,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation try ? What man resists, what man endures, Is open to one...his answering heart Will gain and grow in sympathy. ALMS-GIVING. Suppose that each from nature got Bare quittance of his labor's worth, That yearly-teeming... | |
 | William Henry Channing - 1850 - 706 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ¡ But how can any guage of yours The depth of that temptation try ? What man resists — what man endures — Is open...those who ask, his answering heart Will gain and grow ill sympathy. For The Spirit of the Age. POPULAR MUSIC. NUMBER Two. • The fact that America has no... | |
 | 1854 - 456 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation try ? What man resists, what man endures, Is open to one...Suppose that each from nature got Bare quittance of his labor's worth, That yearly-teeming flocks were not, Nor manifold-producing earth ; No wilding growths... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation ivy ? What man resists, what man endures, Is open to one...Suppose that each from nature got Bare quittance of his labor's worth, That yearly-teeming flocks were not, Nor manifold-producing earth ; No wilding growths... | |
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