 AN INCIDENT IN A RAILROAD CAR HE spoke of Burns : men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, As homespun as their own.  Poems - Seite 109von James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1842 - 712 Seiten
...LOWELL. He spoke of Burns : men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose breast was made of manly simple stuff, As homespun as their own. And, when he read, they forward l«an«d And heard, with eager hearts and ears, His birdlike songs whom glory never weaned From humble... | |
 | 1846 - 308 Seiten
...RAILROAD CAR. BT JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. He spoke of Burns : men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly simple...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 of the bard.... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1848 - 320 Seiten
...than law. CHURCHILL — The Rosciad. 38. He spoke of Burns ; men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, As homespun as their own. JAMES R. LOWELL. 39. Thomson's chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre, None but the noblest passions... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 Seiten
...before. AN INCIDENT IN A KAILROAD CAR. HE spoke of Burns : men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple...whom glory never weaned From humble smiles and tears. As if in him who read they felt and saw Some presence of the bard. It was a sight for sin and wrong... | |
 | 1853 - 540 Seiten
...selection, choosing what we like best: — ' He spoke of Burns : men mde and rough Press'd round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly simple stuff, As homespun as their own. 1 And, when he read, they forward lean'd, Drinking with thirsty hearts and ears His brook-like songs... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 Seiten
...excited by a passenger's reference to Burns. He spoke of Bums ; men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple...stuff, As homespun as their own. And when he read, ihey forward leaned, Drinking, with thirsty hearts and ears, His brook-like songs, whom glory never... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 Seiten
...before. AN INCIDENT IN A RAILROAD CAR. HE spoke of Burns: men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple...His brook-like songs whom glory never weaned From Iromble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe, Sun-like, o'er faces brown and hard, As if... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...before. AN INCIDENT IN A RAILROAD CAR. HE spoke of Burns : men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple...leaned, Drinking, with thirsty hearts and ears, His brook-Tike songs whom glory never weaned From humble smiles and tears. Slowly there grew a tender awe,... | |
 | Boston Burns Club (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 100 Seiten
...has written the following lines : — "He spoke of Burns : men rude and rough Pressed round to hear the praise of one Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, As homespun as their own. " In his broad breast, the feeling deep That struggled on the many's tongue, Swells to a tide of thought,... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 Seiten
...ful—tranquil—snowy—fair The WINTER MOR.N. AN INCIDENT IN A RAILROAD CAR, JAMES W. LOWELL* Born in Boston in 1819. Whose heart was made of manly, simple stuff, As homespun as their own. He spoke of Burns: men rude and rough Press'd round to hear the praise of one And, when he read, they... | |
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