Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. Poems - Page 63by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
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| 1907 - 682 pages
...a dignity in the verse, and a calm simplicity in the message, that is powerfully impressive. ' Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; ' Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. These clumsy feet, still in... | |
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...peace is here. THE FOOL'S PRAYER. HE royal feast was done ; the King Sought some new sport to ban ish care, And to his jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel...the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in... | |
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| 1888 - 596 pages
...the Monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in... | |
| Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...be Lost in love's great unity. THE INVISIBLE. i|F there is naught but what we see, What is the wide world worth to me ? But is there naught save what...onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in the... | |
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...merciful to me, a fool ! "No pky, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white ¡is wool ; The rod must heal the sin : but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! "'Tie not by guilt the onward sweep Oftruth and right, О Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
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