 These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heartstrings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung!  The Yale Literary Magazine - Страница 2961901Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1902 - 902 страница
...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... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 страница
...the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! •• . • . 1 t'- ''.^ '.*•-••' , • '* " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...that so long • We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet still in the mire, Go crushing blosspms without end ; These hard, well-meaning... | |
 | 1879 - 978 страница
...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... | |
 | 1883 - 804 страница
...red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool 1 " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep » Of truth and...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... | |
 | 1907 - 682 страница
...There is a dignity in the verse, and a calm simplicity in the message, that is powerfully impressive. ' Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...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... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 страница
...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 страница
...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... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 страница
...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,...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... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 страница
...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 страница
...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... | |
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