 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line,1 Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith and manhood shine In the untutored... | |
 | William Shillinglaw Crockett - 1893 - 374 pages
...NATIVE COUNTY, 3 Dedicate FOR DEAR MEMORY'S SAKE THESE SKETCHES OF ITS SONGS AND SINGERS. IT may he glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of n.en ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer... | |
 | William Ordway Partridge - 1894 - 216 pages
...pretentious dramas which find a response in the hearts of the lowly. As Lowell has so generously said, — " It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...come in sight ; Once in a century. / " But better far to write some verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith and manhood... | |
 | 1895 - 814 pages
...ones in the "old burying ground." JOHN ROGERS, THE PEOPLE'S SCULPTOR. By William Ordway Partridge. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...waken their free nature in the weak And friendless souls of men. — Lowell. A WELL-KNOWN Boston wit, who chanced to find his way to a sculptor's studio... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1895 - 574 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two 01 three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 530 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear t To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of meu; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...better far it is to speak One simple word, which now aud then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men; To write some earnest... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...— But better far it is to speak One simple word, whicb now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men; To write some... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...in sight Once in a century; — But better far it IB to apeak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...thee: Take heed, and ponder well what that shall be. w. LONGFELLOW — Morituri Salutamus. L. 168. ir to outward view As many maidens be ; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me : Oh x. LOWELL — An Incident in a Railroad Car. OCCUPATIONS— AUTHORSHIP. OCCUPATIONS— AUTHORSHIP.... | |
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It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak... 
