 | William Andrus Alcott - 1847 - 510 Seiten
...shall be driven to construct a programme out of my own bitter and ridiculous experiences. THE CURE " But tasks in hours of insight willed Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled." The above lines from Matthew Arnold are quoted by one of my very numerous correspondents to support... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 Seiten
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return... | |
 | 1853 - 566 Seiten
...We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides ; — But tasks, in hours of insight willed, Can he through hours of gloom fulfilled. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1854 - 334 Seiten
...planned. I almost wish you were off, and that little Lilia was safe with me .at Abergeale," CHAPTER XIV. "With aching hands and bleeding feet, "We dig and heap, lay stone on stone, We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done, Not till the hours of light return,... | |
 | 1854 - 632 Seiten
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. " With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 386 Seiten
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return... | |
 | Margaret Agnes Paull - 1857 - 324 Seiten
...mystery our soul abides. But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'.l. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day. and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return,... | |
 | 1894 - 284 Seiten
...a distinguishing characteristic. Arnold is himself the embodiment of his own beautiful thought that "Tasks in hours of insight willed Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled." Examples of this dignity of intellect and seriousness of emotion are everywhere prevalent throughout... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 Seiten
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet . We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return... | |
 | Arthur Hugh Clough - 1869 - 448 Seiten
...We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides ; — But tasks, in hours...bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 't were done. Not till the hours of light return,... | |
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With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. 
