THE LOST LEADER. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others, she lets us devote; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver... Selections from [his] Poetical Works - Страница 69написао/ла Robert Browning - 1874Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| 1874 - 614 страница
...had sold himself for the sake of power ; still less that * ' Sir J. Eliot,' ii. 8. t Ibid. ii. 62. ' Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the ono gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote.' Up to the meeting of... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 страница
...rose bright o'erhead, — Nothing in Nature s aspect intimated That a great man was dead! LONGFELLOW. THE LOST LEADER. JUST for a handful of silver he left us; Just for a ribbon to stick in his So much was theirs who so little allowed. How all our copper had gone for his... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 страница
...— Nothing in Nature's aspect intimated That a great man was dead ! LONGFELLOW. THE LOST LEADER. i. JUST for a handful of silver he left us; Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat ; Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 страница
...death complete the same! THE LOST LEADER. Jrsr for a handful of silver he left us; Juxt lor a ribbon to stick in his coat, — Found the one gift of which...They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, Somuch was theirs whosolittleallowed. How all our copper had gone for his service! Rags — were they... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 страница
...handful of silver he left us; Just for a ribbon to stick inlm coat; Found the one gift of which forlmu' bereft us. Lost all the others she lets us devote. They, with the gold to give, dufol 224 225 So much was theirs who so little allowed. How all our copper had gone for his service... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 страница
...be in Thy hand ! Perfect the cup as planned ! Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same! THE LOST LEADER. JUST for a handful of silver he left us ; Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat, — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others... | |
| 1876 - 508 страница
...sod, By Bonnivard ! May none those marks efface 1 For they appeal from tyranny to God. LORD BYRON. The Lost Leader. JUST for a handful of silver he left us ; Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat, — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others... | |
| Robert Browning - 1879 - 324 страница
...counsellors ; what counsel they ? (Chorus) "Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!" THE LOST LEADER. i. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for...They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags — were they purple, his heart had been proud 1... | |
| 1879 - 556 страница
...he fluttered the leaf back almost to the' beginning of the volume and began to read abruptly — ' Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for...bereft us, lost all the others she lets us devote ; " The scorn in his voice, while he was reading the first verse, and a yearning pathos that crept... | |
| Annie Keary - 1879 - 384 страница
...then he fluttered the leaf back almost to the beginning of the volume and began to read abruptly : Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Pound the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote. The scorn... | |
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