 | 1879 - 978 pages
...merciful to me, a fool! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from...did his will; but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " The room was hushed; in silence rose The king, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart,... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...chastening stripe must cleanse them all ; But for our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heavrn we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men...his will ; but Thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " The room was hushed ; in silence rose The king ; and sought his garden cool, And walked apart,... | |
 | 1883 - 804 pages
...— Who knows how grandly it had rung? "Our faults no tenderness should ask, The chastening stripe must cleanse them all >, But for our blunders, —...did his will; but Thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool !" The room was hushed ; in silence rose The king.and sought his garden cool, And walked apart,... | |
 | 1907 - 682 pages
...There is 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,...his 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... | |
 | 1885 - 470 pages
...heart-strings of a friend. ;4The ill-time truth that we have kept — We know how sharp it pierced and stung I The word we had not sense to say — Who knows how...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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1886 - 474 pages
...; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. "Earth bears no blossoms for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...did his will; but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " The room was hushed. In silence rose The king, and sought his garden cool, And walked apart,... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...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 Of truth and right,...his will ; but Thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " The room was hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart,... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from...his will ; but Thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " The room was hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart,... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...all ; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. 64 Tbe Fool's Prayer " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the...his will ; but Thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " The room was hushed ; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart,... | |
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These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung? The word we had not sense to say — Who knows how grandly it had rung? "Our faults no... 
