... Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, As homespun as their own. And, when he read, they forward leaned, Drinking, with thirsty hearts and ears, His brook-like songs whom glory never weaned From humble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender... Poems - Seite 112von James Russell Lowell - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 Seiten
...From humble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe, Sun-like, o'er faces brown and hard. As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presence of the bard. It has a sight for sin and wrong And slavish tyranny to see, A sight to make our faith more pure and strong... | |
| 1846 - 308 Seiten
...weaned From humble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe, San-like o'er faces brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presence...see, A sight to make our faith more pure and strong lit high humanity. I thought, these men will carry hence Promptings their former life above, And something... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...From humble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe, Sun-like, o'er faces brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presence-...strong In high humanity. I thought, these men will corn,- hence Promptings their former life above, And something of a liner reverence For beauty, truth,... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men! I thought, these men will carry hence Promptings their...of a finer reverence For beauty, truth, and love. James Bussell Lowell. Sit still upon your thrones, O ye poetic ones! And if, sooth, the world decry... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 Seiten
...weaned From humble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe, Sunlike, o'er faces brown and hard, C Ϩ= 3 r | +Ѳ ]I [F | sX . d¤Q x^ X;Kj And so the poet proceeds to comment on ,his, as a sight to strengthen and purify our aith in humanity,... | |
| Laura Greenwood - 1855 - 294 Seiten
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, To the lives of coarsest men ! I thought, these men will carry hence Promptings,...life above, And something of a finer reverence For heauty, truth, and love. JB LOWELL. The land of song within thee lies, Watered by living springs ;... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 Seiten
...tenderer awe, Sun-like, o'er faees brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presenee of the bard. It was a sight for sin and wrong And slavish tyranny to see, A night to make our faith more pure and strong In high humanity. Jama R. Lowell. — An Ineident in a... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 Seiten
...tenderer awe, Sun-like, o'er faees brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presenee of the bard. It was a sight for sin and wrong And slavish tyranny lo see, A sight to make our faith more pure and strong In high humanity. James R. Lowell. — An Ineident... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 Seiten
...tenderer awe, Sun-like, o'er faees brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presenee of the bard. It was a sight for sin and wrong And...make our faith more pure and strong In high humanity. James R. Lowell. — An Ineideat in a RaiLRoa,l Car. 5IO 511 What eraeker is this same, that deafs... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 Seiten
...From Iromble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe, Sun-like, o'er faces brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presence...of a finer reverence For beauty, truth, and love. There is no wind but soweth seeds Of a more true and open life, Which burst, unlooked-for, into high-souled... | |
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