 Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right. O Lord, we stay; Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust...  The Harvard Monthly - Seite 1281907Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1902 - 902 Seiten
...in life: — 1 • T i - not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, 0 Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy f«et still in the mire, Qo crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 Seiten
...the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! •• . • . 1 t'- ''.^ '.*•-••' , • '* " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,..." These clumsy feet still in the mire, Go crushing blosspms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend.... | |
 | 1879 - 978 Seiten
...with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in... | |
 | 1885 - 466 Seiten
...merciful to me, a fool I "'Tis by our guilt the onward sweep Of truth and light, O Lord, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from...hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. 14 The ill-time truth that we have kept — We know how sharp it pierced and stung I M The word we... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 Seiten
...the monarch's silken stool; His pieading voice arose : " O LORD, Be merciful to me — a Fool! 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O LORD, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from Heaven away. These clumsy feet, still in the... | |
 | 1885 - 470 Seiten
...merciful to me, a fool I " "Tis by our guilt the onward sweep Of truth and light, O Lord, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. fc These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1886 - 474 Seiten
...merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis by our guilt the onward sweep Of truth and light, O Lord, we stay; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from...we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-time truth that we have kept — We know how sharp it pierced and stung 1 The word we had not sense... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 Seiten
...wool ; The Fool's Prayer 6j The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 Seiten
...merciful to me, a fool ! The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still... | |
 | 1888 - 596 Seiten
...Upon the Monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept, Who knows how sharp it pierced... | |
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