 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. ' Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will...  Poems - Page 64by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1879 - 978 pages
...blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did...apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool! " THE INDIAN TERRITORY. EARLY in the present century, when our government formed treaties with the... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...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 did...hushed ; in silence rose The king ; and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low : " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " ATLANTIC. THE DEAD... | |
 | 1883 - 804 pages
...blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did...fool !" The room was hushed ; in silence rose The king.and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low: " Be merciful to me, a fool 1"... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pages
...bears no balsam 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...silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool. He walked apart, and murmured low: CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL. For charity itself fulfils the law. — Love's... | |
 | 1885 - 470 pages
...blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did...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
...our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave and scourge the tool That did...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... | |
 | 1885 - 466 pages
...Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for 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. In silence rose The king, and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1886 - 474 pages
...blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. "Earth bears no blossoms for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did...was hushed. In silence rose The king, and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " WHAT IS HIS CREED?... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did...apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " THE DESERTER. LINDEST and most frantic prayer, Clutching at a senseless boon, His that begs, in... | |
 | 1888 - 596 pages
...blunders — Oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did...apart, and murmured low, "Be merciful to me, a fool !" A THOROUGHLY neat woman is a joy unspeakable, but doesn't she make it busy for the dust and for... | |
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