 | Rhode Island - 1862 - 1508 Seiten
...full of energy, full of faith;" take up the lament of the preceptor of Killinworth Academy : — . " How can I teach your children gentleness, And mercy...life, which, in its weakness or excess, Is still a glenm of God's omnipotence, Or death, which, seeming darkness, is no less The self-same light, although... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 Seiten
...hundred harms ; Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying havoc on the slug and snail. For Life, which, in its weakness or excess, Is still a gleam of God's omnipotence, Or Death, which,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 Seiten
...hundred harms ; Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying...Death, which, seeming darkness, is no less The selfsame lijiht, although averted hence, When by your laws, your actions, and your speech, You contradict the... | |
 | 1867 - 634 Seiten
...human heart whilst thry enlist the sympathy of all, in holding sacred even the life of a little bird. " How can I teach your children gentleness, And mercy to the weak, and reverence. For life, which, in it« weakness or excess, Is still a gleam of God's omnipotence, Or death, which, seeming darkness,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...hundred harms ; Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your men-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying havoc on the slug and snail. Longfellow, Birds ofK. BIBTH— see Descent, Pedigree. Let high birth triumph ! what can be more great... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 Seiten
...hundred harms ; Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying...reverence For Life, which, in its weakness or excess, Or Death, which, seeming darkness, is no less The selfsame light, although averted hence, When by your... | |
 | 1868 - 798 Seiten
...farms, Who from the cornfields drive the insidious foe, And from your harvests keep a hundred harms ; Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying havoc on the slug and snail." JJONGFELLOW'S Bints pf A' ' illing^ttorth. SOME twelve months since, at a social assembly of literary... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 Seiten
...Light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive silence, muse his praise." HYMN ON THE SEASONS. — Thomson. " How can I teach your children gentleness, And mercy...which, in its weakness or excess, Is still a gleam of Uod's omnipotence, Or Death, which, seeming darkness, is no less The selfsame light, although averted... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 416 Seiten
...Light ineffable ! • Come, then, expressive silence, muse his praise." ON THE SEASONS. — Thomson. "How can I teach your children gentleness, And mercy...reverence For Life, which, in its weakness or excess, IB still a gleam of God's omnipotence, Or Death, which, seeming darkness, is no less The selfsame light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 328 Seiten
...hundred harms ; Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying...mercy to the weak, and reverence For Life, which, m its weakness or excess, Is still a gleam of God's omnipotence, Or Death, which, seeming darkness,... | |
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You call them thieves and pillagers ; but know, They are the winged wardens of your farms, Who from the corn-fields drive the insidious foe, And from your harvests keep a hundred harms ; Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as... 
