 | 1879 - 978 pagina’s
...all; But for our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...was hushed; in silence rose The king, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool! " THE INDIAN TERRITORY.... | |
 | 1883 - 804 pagina’s
...>, But for our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...fool !" The room was hushed ; in silence rose The king.and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low: " Be merciful to me, a fool 1"... | |
 | 1907 - 682 pagina’s
...all ; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave and scourge the...will ; but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I These stanzas are characteristic of Sill on his didactic side. The poem, "Five Lives," shows Sill... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pagina’s
...bears no balsam for mistakes. Men crown the knave and scourge the fool! They did his will. But, then, O LORD, Be merciful to me — a Fool! " The room was hushed. In silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool. He walked apart, and murmured low: CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL. For charity itself fulfils the... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pagina’s
...blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. 64 Tbe Fool's Prayer " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool 1 " THE DESERTER. 'LINDEST... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pagina’s
...; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " THE DESERTER. LINDEST... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pagina’s
...should ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them all ; " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; jt Men crown the knave, and scourge the , tool | That...hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool 1 " THE DESERTER. LINDEST... | |
 | 1888 - 596 pagina’s
...; But for our blunders — Oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...was hushed, in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, "Be merciful to me, a fool !" A THOROUGHLY neat woman... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 700 pagina’s
...; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will; but Thou, О Lord, ' Be merciful to me, a fool ! " The room was hushed; in silence rose" The King, and sought... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pagina’s
...all; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool! " THE DESERTER. LINDEST... | |
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Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung! The word we had not sense to say — Who knows how grandly it had rung! "Our faults no tenderness should ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them all; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes... 
