His magic was not far to seek, — He was so human! whether strong or weak, Far from his kind he neither sank nor soared, But sate an equal guest at every board: No beggar ever felt him condescend, No prince presume; for still himself he bare At manhood's... Poems - Seite 107von James Russell Lowell - 1890Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1874 - 804 Seiten
...prudish) he could bring To find new charm in accents not her own; Her coy constraints and icy hindrance* Melted upon his lips to natural ease, As a brook's...stranger, there he left a friend. How large an aspect I nobly unsevere, With freshness round him of Olympian cheer, Like visits of those earthly gods he... | |
| Wilbur Moorehead Smith - 1918 - 402 Seiten
...Illinois have started a ' Find a Friend ' campaign." It was said of the great naturalist Agassiz : ' He was so human ! Whether strong or weak, Far from...where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend." One of the most important things for the church to do, is to care for the weakest, the humblest. Take... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 Seiten
...crossed his path, Struck once nor needed to strike more. 2. His magic was not far to seek, — 170 He was so human! whether strong or weak, Far from...condescend, No prince presume; for still himself he bare 175 At manhood's simple level, and where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend. How large an... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 480 Seiten
...crossed his path, Struck once nor needed to strike more. 2. His magic was not far to seek, — 170 He was so human! whether strong or weak, Far from...condescend, No prince presume; for still himself he bare 175 At manhood's simple level, and where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend. How large an... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 Seiten
...every board : No beggar ever felt him condescend, No prince presume ; for still himself he bare 175 At manhood's simple level, and where'er He met a stranger,...Olympian cheer, Like visits of those earthly gods he came ; 180 His look, wherever its good-fortune fell, Doubled the feast without a miracle, And on the hearthstone... | |
| 1926 - 682 Seiten
...-was not far to seek, He was so human! Whether strong or weak, Far from his kind he neither sank or soared, But sate an equal guest at every board : No...where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend. Perhaps Stanton said of Lincoln, "Now he belongs to the Ages!" Thus, at least, Lowell wrote of Agassiz... | |
| Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 Seiten
...30. He was so human ! whether strong or weak, Far from his kind he neither sank nor soared, But sat an equal guest at every board : No beggar ever felt...where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend. У. R. Lowell. November 29. November 3O. DECEMBER. ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives... | |
| Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 Seiten
...30. He was so human ! whether strong or weak, Far from his kind he neither sank nor soared, But sat an equal guest at every board : No beggar ever felt...where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend. y. R. November 29. November 30. 958 DECEMBER. ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the... | |
| 1888 - 498 Seiten
...strike more. At last, all is summed up in what may be considered to be the American idea of a gentleman. His magic was not far to seek,— He was so human...he bare At manhood's simple level, and where'er He meet a stranger, there he left a friend. How large an aspect! nobly unsevere. With freshness round... | |
| William Lathrop Kingsley - 1888 - 84 Seiten
...Puritans of the same qualities which marked a descendant of the Swiss Puritans. He was so human ! Neither strong or weak, Far from his kind he neither sank...where'er He met a stranger, there he left a friend. One other characteristic has been stamped by the Puritans on the whole American people — a peculiar... | |
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