ISBN: 9781245073790

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LONGFELLOW Thy songs, beloved Bard, are household words; Our daily task hath been enriched by thee With lovely phrases and the minstrelsy, That sings despite the care that life engirds, Of that green Arcady, and flocks and herds; And that sweet Lady with the Lamp shall be Our shining light; and blessed Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LONGFELLOW Thy songs, beloved Bard, are household words; Our daily task hath been enriched by thee With lovely phrases and the minstrelsy, That sings despite the care that life engirds, Of that green Arcady, and flocks and herds; And that sweet Lady with the Lamp shall be Our shining light; and blessed they that see A gospel in Saint Francis and the birds, But in thy brook-like measures' limpid flow, The singer finds his joy, and his despair, So simple and so perfect is thine art; And only poets like to thee may show The sonnet's power to mount a spirit-stair, And reach a height that overwhelms the heart. EDWARD EVERETT HALE Thou, Leader among men! what hast thou done, That often at the mention of thy name In a far land, strangers strike hands and claim A common brotherhood? Their pulses run In loyal rhythms beneath the foreign sun; And love of country, springing like a flame, Thrills warm at heart and lip, and her dear fame Wakes manly joy and moves them both as one. So hast thou quickened patriot love and pride; And greater works than this thy hand hath wrought, When thou hast lifted, stained with self and sin, Sad penitents, while on the other side The stately Pharisee, without a thought, Left thee alone to bring the kingdom in. PEARY What lured thee forth, brave spirit, for no gain In heaped up gold awaited thee at end Of the long toil that ever must contend With Nature at her sternest, on the main Of stormy waters lashed with frozen rain, Tossing by night, while bitter winds descend; Or toiling over ice fields, that extend Their cruel spaces, plain on endless plain. Some strong heroic impulse led thee on, Some high disdain of softness and of ease, Steeled all thy nerves and breathed within thy soul; God moved on that high mood and all was won; H. Books, History~~General, At-Vesper-Time~~Ruth-Baldwin-Chenery, 999999999, At Vesper Time, Ruth Baldwin Chenery, 1245073796, Nabu Press, , , , , Nabu Press<

ISBN: 9781245073790

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LON… Plus…

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LONGFELLOW Thy songs, beloved Bard, are household words; Our daily task hath been enriched by thee With lovely phrases and the minstrelsy, That sings despite the care that life engirds, Of that green Arcady, and flocks and herds; And that sweet Lady with the Lamp shall be Our shining light; and blessed they that see A gospel in Saint Francis and the birds, But in thy brook-like measures' limpid flow, The singer finds his joy, and his despair, So simple and so perfect is thine art; And only poets like to thee may show The sonnet's power to mount a spirit-stair, And reach a height that overwhelms the heart. EDWARD EVERETT HALE Thou, Leader among men! what hast thou done, That often at the mention of thy name In a far land, strangers strike hands and claim A common brotherhood? Their pulses run In loyal rhythms beneath the foreign sun; And love of country, springing like a flame, Thrills warm at heart and lip, and her dear fame Wakes manly joy and moves them both as one. So hast thou quickened patriot love and pride; And greater works than this thy hand hath wrought, When thou hast lifted, stained with self and sin, Sad penitents, while on the other side The stately Pharisee, without a thought, Left thee alone to bring the kingdom in. PEARY What lured thee forth, brave spirit, for no gain In heaped up gold awaited thee at end Of the long toil that ever must contend With Nature at her sternest, on the main Of stormy waters lashed with frozen rain, Tossing by night, while bitter winds descend; Or toiling over ice fields, that extend Their cruel spaces, plain on endless plain. Some strong heroic impulse led thee on, Some high disdain of softness and of ease, Steeled all thy nerves and breathed within thy soul; God moved on that high mood and all was won; H. Books History~~General At-Vesper-Time~~Ruth-Baldwin-Chenery Nabu Press<

ISBN: 9781245073790

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