 | 1900 - 1070 pages
...— 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 of heaven we fall ! The blunders of the good are sometimes more difficult to repair than evil deeds; and they are few... | |
 | 1879 - 978 pages
...— 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,...a fool! " The room was hushed; in silence rose The king, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool!... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. ; : "The ill-timed truth we might hare kept, — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung?...our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heavrn we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That... | |
 | 1885 - 470 pages
...— 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,...will; but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I " The room was hushed. In silence rose The king, and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and... | |
 | 1907 - 682 pages
...— 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,...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 pages
...thrust Among the heart.strings of a friend. Our faults no tenderness should ask; The chastening stripes must cleanse them all. But for our blunders! Oh! in...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... | |
 | 1885 - 466 pages
...faults no tenderness should ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them all ; But for our b^bj^ders -*>oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall....mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool /i That did his will; but thou, O Lord, . ( ( . Be merciful to me, a fool I " The room was hushed.... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1886 - 474 pages
...— 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,...Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. "Earth bears no blossoms for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will; but thou, O Lord,... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...— 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,...fool ! " The room was hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...— 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,...fool ! " The room was hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool... | |
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The ill-timed truth we might have kept — 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... 
