| 1879 - 978 pages
...new sport to banish care, And to his jester cried, " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer! " The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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... | |
| George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...new sport to banish care, And to his jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!" The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...: , 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... | |
| 1883 - 804 pages
...sport to banish care, And to his jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer !" The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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... | |
| George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pages
...sport to banish care; And to bis Jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make (or us a prayer! " The Jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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... | |
| 1885 - 466 pages
...new sport to banish care, And to his jester cried, " Sir Fool, Kneel now for us and make a prayer l * The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the mocking court before ; He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose :... | |
| Slason Thompson - 1886 - 474 pages
...for us and make a prayer ! " The jester doffed his cap and bells. And stood the mocking court before; 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... | |
| Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...sport to banish care, And to his jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer ! " The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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 - 134 pages
...sport to banish care, And to his jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer ! " The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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 Fool's Prayer... | |
| 1888 - 596 pages
...jester cried : ''Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer." The jester dropped his cap, and hells, And stood the mocking court before ; They could not...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
...sport to banish care, And to his jester cried : "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer t " The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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... | |
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