The active frame or vigorous will ; 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... Poems of Many Years - Seite 227von Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1846 - 279 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1841 - 618 Seiten
...way Of foul delight and brutal strife, And lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any guage of yours The depth of that temptation try ? What man...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 - 300 Seiten
...lawless deeds that shun the day ; But how can any gauge of yours The depth of that temptation try 1 — What man resists — what man endures — Is open...arm of power To take and tame from waste and wood I — That all men to their mortal rest Passed shadow-like, and left behind No free result, no clear... | |
| 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... | |
| 1846 - 436 Seiten
...withstand. It may be, that the tale you hear, Of pressing wants and losses borne, Is heaped or colored for your ear, And tatters for the purpose worn ; But...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
...way 0." foul delight and brutal strife, And lawless deeds that shun the day ¡ But how can any guage of yours The depth of that temptation try ? What man...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
...withstand. It may be, that the tale you hear, Of pressing wants and losses borne Is heaped or colored for your ear, And tatters for the purpose worn ; But...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... | |
| 1855 - 458 Seiten
...withstand. It may be, that the tale you hear, Of pressing wants and losses borne Is heaped or colored for your ear, And tatters for the purpose worn ; But...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... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 Seiten
...surely, surely wants it mon- ; Cet but the rieh roan do his part, And whatsoe'er the issue be, l'о those who ask, his answering heart Will gain and grow in sympathy. RM Mânes. Dien gently sean your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, rhough both may gang a kennie... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 Seiten
...God restore ? The poor man may deserve it better, And surely, surely wanle it ,mm ; Let bet the rieh man do his part, And whatsoe'er the issue be, To those who ask, his answering heart Will gain aml grow in sympathy. RM Miines. Hten gently sean your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, ll,ough... | |
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