 IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen...  The Medical World - Page 4551900Full view - About this book
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and Summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain, Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake. Or, if too obdurate, I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, The piercing pain, the killing sin And to... | |
 | 1914 - 1066 pages
...human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain. Knocked on my sullen heart in vain; — Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake. Even Stevenson called his happiness a 'great task'; and it was no wonder For him, and for many, it... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 344 pages
...human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain : — Lord, thy most pointed...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in ! 'NOT YET, MY SOUL, THESE FRIENDLY FIELDS DESERT: NOT yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1887 - 204 pages
...human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain : — Lord, thy most pointed...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in ! XXIII OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS OUT of the sun, out of the blast, Out of the world, alone I passed Across... | |
 | 1920 - 718 pages
...happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain — Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake AGAINST IT The present discussion about the medicinal value of beer reminds us of the old limerick:... | |
 | 1888 - 612 pages
...human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain, Knocked on my sullen heart in vain : — Lord, thy most pointed...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in ! The Scottish dialect poems, to be found in the latter half of the book, interest us less than the... | |
 | 1891 - 930 pages
...hope was quenched, nothing but dreary despair was before him. CHAPTER VI. " Choose Thou, before this spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in A sharp rattle of hail on her window awoke Jean next morning. The wind roared in the wide chimney,... | |
 | 1892 - 848 pages
...hope was quenched, nothing but dreary despair was before him. CHAPTER VI. " Choose Thou, before this spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in." RL STEVENSON. A SHARP rattle of hail on her window awoke Jean next morning. The wind roared in the... | |
 | 1893 - 322 pages
...human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain ; — Lord, thy most pointed...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in. THE WIND I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky ; And all around I heard... | |
 | 1922 - 496 pages
...happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain — Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake. — RL Stevenson. LV Wyrick, of Athens, Tex., would like to hear from some of the boys who were in... | |
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