 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...stood the mocking court before : , They could not see the bitter smile Behind the patient grin he wore. He bowed his head and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...arose : " O Lord, . , •;. Be merciful to me, a fool! . .... : *. .. ,-.; .." .;••.•• • - •'• ; . " No pity, Lord, could change the heart :... | |
 | 1879 - 978 pages
...stood the mocking court before: They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose: " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the... | |
 | 1883 - 804 pages
...stood the mocking court before: They could not see the bitter smile Behind the patient grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; His pleading voice arose : " 0 Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool 1 "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong... | |
 | 1885 - 470 pages
...stood the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool ; The rod must heal... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pages
...stood the mocking court before: They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; His pieading voice arose : " O LORD, Be merciful to me — a Fool! 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...stood the mocking court before ; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...stood the mocking court before ; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward... | |
 | 1888 - 596 pages
...stood the mocking court before ; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the Monarch's...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... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 700 pages
...stood the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; His pleading voice arose : " О Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...stood the mocking court before ; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep... | |
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The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport to banish care, And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer! 
