Ballads of Good Deeds, and Other VersesD. Appleton, 1872 - 129 páginas |
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AGNES HATOT Alcamenes alms angel Antioch BEDOUIN'S REBUKE beggar BELLEROPHON beneath birds bloom breast bride bright charity child cloud Craved cried crown Daher dahlias days go dead death deed DRAWBRIDGE-KEEPER dread dwell EMIR'S EMPEROR'S MERCY evermore face fair fame fear fell flags flowers forgive FRENCH MARSHAL furled gainst GALLEY-SLAVE gave gloom gold golden hair hand hanging gardens heard heart heaven JEW'S FAITH king knelt land lips LIVES WE LED looked LOW LIVES morn NATHAN AND MITHRIDANES neath Nebar nest Nicanor night noble o'er once passed paused peace Phidias Pompeii praise pray prisoner proud rain RICHARD GRANT WHITE RINGER'S VENGEANCE ROMAN SENTINEL roof round seemed Shakespeare shame smiled soon soul stained stars statue stood storm Stratford town street sweet swing wide tears thee thou thought thy doors tide was low trees true vizier walk wings wise wrath wrong youth
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Página 40 - ALMS. IN Lyons, in the mart of that French town. Years since, a woman, leading a fair child, Craved a small alms of one who, walking down The thoroughfare, caught the child's glance, and smiled To see, behind its eyes, a noble soul. He paused, but found he had no coin to dole. His guardian angel warned him not to lose This chance of pearl to do another good; So as he waited, sorry to refuse The asked-for penny...
Página 111 - Donald back to me. 0 my light, white, bright moon, that doth so fondly shine, There is not a lily in the world but hides its face from thine ; 1 too shall go and hide my face close in the dust from thee, Unless with light and tide thou bring my Donald back to me.
Página 42 - But when at night he came upon the stage, Cheer after cheer went up from that wide throng, And flowers rained on him : naught could assuage The tumult of the welcome, save the song That he had sweetly sung, with covered face, For the two beggars in the market-place.
Página 21 - Who in the deep, dark water sank from view. Then from the father's life went forth all joy ; But, as he fell back, pallid with his pain, Across the bridge, in safety, passed the train. And yet the man was poor, and in his breast Flowed no ancestral blood of king or lord ; True greatness needs no title and no crest To win from men just honor and reward ; Nobility is not of rank, but mind — And is inborn, and common in our kind. He is most noble whose humanity Is least corrupted. To be just and good...
Página 23 - Yet said no word his prized good name to save. Trusting remoter days would be more blessed, He set his will to wear the verdict out, And knew most men are prisoners at best, Who some strong habit ever drag about Like chain and ball ; then meekly prayed that he Rather the prisoner he was should be. But best resolves are of such feeble thread, They may be broken in Temptation's hands.
Página 26 - Speak," said he, And tell me of your grief; for if I can, I will disroot the sad tear-fruited tree." The cotter answered: "In default of rent We shall to-morrow from this roof be sent." Then said the galley-slave : " Whoso returns A prisoner escaped may feel the spur To a right action, and deserves and earns Proffered reward. I am a prisoner! Bind these my arms, and drive me back my way, That your reward tho price of home may pay.
Página 19 - His little son was standing by his side, Above Passaic river, deep and blue; While in the distance, like a moan of pain, Was heard the whistle of the coming train. At once brave Drecker worked to swing it back, — The gate-like bridge, that seems a gate of death; Nearer and nearer, on the slender track, Came the swift engine, puffing its white breath. Then, with a shriek, the loving father saw His darling boy fall headlong from the draw. Either at once down in the stream to spring And save his son,...
Página 26 - Whoso returns A prisoner escaped may feel the spur To a right action, and deserves and earns Proffered reward. I am a prisoner ! Bind these my arms, and drive me back my way, That your reward the price of home may pay." Against his wish the cotter gave consent, And at the prison-gate received his fee, Though some made it a thing for wonderment That one so sickly and infirm as he, When stronger would have dared not to attack, Could capture this bold youth and bring him back. Straightway the cotter...
Página 41 - The singer pleased, passed on, and softly thought, " Men will not know by whom this deed was wrought." But when at night he came upon the stage, Cheer after cheer went up from that wide throng, And flowers rained on him.
Página 123 - Phidias, beneath a dazzling thought That like a bright sun in a cloudless west Lit up his wide, great soul, with pure love wrought A statue, and its face of changeless stone With calm, far-sighted wisdom towered and shone. Then to be judged the labors were unveiled ; But at the marble thought, that by degrees Of hardship Phidias cut, the people railed. "The lines are coarse; the form too large," said these ; "And he who sends this rough result o) haste Sends scorn, and offers insult to our taste.