 Naked from out that far abyss behind us We entered here : No word came with our coming to remind us What wondrous world was near, No hope, no fear. Into the silent, starless Night before us, Naked we glide : No hand has mapped the constellations o'er...  The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill - Page 34by Edward Rowland Sill - 1906 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1872 - 262 pages
...or fear ; And dare believe that there is more beyond Than we have dreamed of here. JOHN W. CHADWICK. THE FUTURE. WHAT may we take into the vast forever...; in the life immortal No hoarded wealth remains, No gilds, nor stains. RIPE WHEAT. 177 Naked from out that far abyss behind us We entered here ; No... | |
 | Rush Rhees Shippen - 1875 - 400 pages
...with me in my throne. WHAT may we take into the vast forever ? That marble door Admits no fruit of our long endeavor, No fame-wreathed crown we wore,...No hoarded wealth remains, Nor gilds, nor stains. Yet fearless toward that midnight, dark and hollow, Our footsteps fare ; The beckoning of a Father's... | |
 | Ellen E. Miles - 1878 - 232 pages
...fruit of all our long endeavour, No frame-wreathed crown we wore, No garnered lore. THE FUTURE. 165 What can we bear beyond the unknown portal ? No gold,...; in the life immortal No hoarded wealth remains, No gilds, nor strains. Naked from out that far abyss behind us We entered here ; No word came with... | |
 | 1879 - 524 pages
...into the vast forever ? That marble door Admits no f»uit uf al: our long endeavor, No f.une-wreatlied crown we wore ; No garnered lore. What can we bear...entered here ; No word came with our coming, to remind ua What wondrous world was near, No hope, no fear. Into the silent, starless night before us, Naked... | |
 | Daily steps - 1884 - 426 pages
...afflicted me. Ps. cxU. 75. To lack the loving discipline of pain Were endless pain. SONGS IN THK NIGHT. WHAT can we bear beyond the unknown portal ? No gold, no gains Of all our toiling. EDWARD ROWLAND Sm_ For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xlix. 17. Sunshine and cloud... | |
 | 1879 - 588 pages
...ihe dog has got near enough to catch you betore you vault over the fence. THE FUTURE. BY i:. B. SILL. What may we take into the vast forever ? That marble...far abyss behind us We entered here; No word came to our coming, to remind us What wondrous world was near, No hope, no fear. Into the silent, starless... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 124 pages
...Are drifting rapidly And floating silently Into that unknown sea — Into Eternity. THE FUTURE. IjHAT may we take into the vast Forever ? That marble door...from out that far abyss behind us We entered here : What wondrous world was near, No hope, no fear. Into the silent, starless Night before us, Naked... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " THE FUTURE. WHAT may we luke into the vast Furever ? That marble door Admits no fruit of all our long endeavor....gilds, nor stains. Naked from out that far abyss behind ui We entered here : No word came with our coming, to remind us What wondronn world was near, No hope,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 pages
...King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " THE FUTURE. WHAT may we take into the vast Forever...unknown portal ? No gold, no gains Of all our toiling : iu the life immortal No hoarded wealth remains, Nor gilds, nor stains. Naked from out that far abyss... | |
 | Eli Lemon Sheldon - 1895 - 336 pages
...WHAT may we take into.that vast Forever? That marble door Admits no fruit of all our long endeavour, No fame-wreathed crown we wore, No garnered lore....No hoarded wealth remains, Nor gilds, nor stains. We entered here; No word came with our coming to remind us Naked from out that far abyss behind us... | |
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