For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found a healing power profuse. Poems - Seite 108von James Russell Lowell - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1842 - 414 Seiten
...Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, And in mere weeds and stones and springs He found a healing...power profuse. Men granted that his speech was wise, Yet when a sight they caught Of his slim grace and woman's eyes, They laughed and called him good-for-naught.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 Seiten
...fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use. For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found...grace and woman's eyes, They laughed, and called him good-for naught. Yet after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet to... | |
| 1854 - 428 Seiten
...glanee they eanght Of his slim graee and woman's eyes, They langhed and ealled him good-for-nanght. Yet after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet to live npon, More fnll of love, beeanse of him. And day by day more holy grew Eaeh spot where he had I n.... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 316 Seiten
...while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." CHAPTER III. THE TRANSLATED ONE. And after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim,...sweet to live upon, More full of love, because of him. " By faith, Enoch was translated that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 308 Seiten
...while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." CHAPTER III. THE TRANSLATED ONE. And after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim,...sweet to live upon, More full of love, because of him. " By faith, Enoch was translated that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 Seiten
...fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found...eyes, They laughed, and called him good-for-naught. And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet to live upon, More full of love, because of him. Yet... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 Seiten
...fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found...grace and woman's eyes, They laughed, and called him good~for-n aught And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet to live upon, More full of love,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 340 Seiten
...fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found...slim grace and woman's eyes, They laughed, and called Tiim good-for-naught. Yet after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 Seiten
...fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found...grace and woman's eyes They laughed, and called him good.for. naught. Yet after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 Seiten
...fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed the loveliness of things Did teach him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found...eyes, They laughed, and called him good-fornaught. Yot after he was dead and gone, And e'en his memory dim, Earth seemed more sweet to live upon, More... | |
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