 World, wise old world, What may man do for thee ? Thou that art greater than all of us, What wilt thou do to me ? This glossy curve of the tall grass-spear — Can I make its lustrous green more clear ? This tapering shaft of oat, that knows To grow erect...  Poems, by Edward Rowland Sill. - Page 16by Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...where one needs not to be ; But no new way to dwell at home, Or there to make great friendships come ; No novel way to seek or find True hearts and the heroic...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Field Notes 17 Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...Nor Socrates nor Caesar knew, But the old ages knew a plan — The lost art — how to mold a man. World, wise old world, What may man do for thee ?...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? VI. Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single grace To his flute-note sweet... | |
 | 1888 - 78 pages
...great friendships come ; No novel way to seek or find True hearts and the heroic mind. Of atom-force and chemic stew Nor Socrates nor Caesar knew, But...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single... | |
 | Smith College - 1888 - 82 pages
...Nor Socrates nor Caesar knew, But the old ages knew a plan — The lost art — how to mold a mau. VI. World, wise old world, "What may man do for thee...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1902 - 370 pages
...chemic stew Nor Socrates nor Caesar knew, But the old ages knew a plan — The lost art — how to mould a man. VI World, wise old world, What may man do for...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1903 - 228 pages
...trouble, half-confessed, Some least misgiving, all my heart With such a world were satisfied. * * * * » World, wise old world, What may man do for thee ?...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1906 - 468 pages
...chemic stew Nor Socrates nor Caesar knew, But the old ages knew a plan — The lost art — how to mould a man. VI World, wise old world, What may man do for...well as he — Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1906 - 458 pages
...chemic stew Nor Socrates nor Caesar knew, But the old ages knew a plan — The lost art — how to mould a man. VI World, wise old world, What may man do for...as well as he Can I teach it to nod more graciously ? The lark on the mossy rail so nigh, Wary, but pleased if I keep my place — Who could give a single... | |
 | Charles Benajah Gilbert, Rachel K. Joralemon - 1906 - 194 pages
...One Evermore ! — Oliver Wendell Holmes. XXVIII A THOUGHT AFIELD World, wise old world, What may men do for thee? Thou that art greater than all of us, What wilt thou do for me? This glossy curve of the tall grass-spear — Can I make its lustrous green more clear? This... | |
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