 With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern.  Thoughts - Page 138by Jessie K. Freeman, Ladies of Fabiola Hospital Association, Fabiola hospital association, Oakland, Calif - 1901 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 pages
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Q 4 Then, when the clouds are off the soul,... | |
 | 1853 - 566 pages
...our soul abides ; — But tasks, in hours of insight willed, Can he through hours of gloom fulfilled. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 't were done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. Then when the clouds... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1854 - 334 pages
...planned. I almost wish you were off, and that little Lilia was safe with me .at Abergeale," CHAPTER XIV. "With aching hands and bleeding feet, "We dig and...Of the long day, and wish 'twere done, Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern." AHNOHD. Two years more passed away. It was... | |
 | 1854 - 632 pages
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. " With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. " Then, when the clouds are off the soul, When... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 386 pages
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Then, when the clouds are off the soul, When... | |
 | Margaret Agnes Paull - 1857 - 324 pages
...mystery our soul abides. But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'.l. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...Of the long day. and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. MATTHEW ABNoLD. KATHLEEN'S childhood had been... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1857 - 344 pages
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Then, when the clouds are off the soul, When thou dost bask in Nature's eye, Ask, how she view'd thy... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...mystery our soul abides : But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet . We dig and heap,...Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built'do we discern. Then, when the clouds are off the soul, When... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...mystery our soul abides; But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'd. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Then, when the clouds are off the soul, When... | |
 | Arthur Hugh Clough - 1869 - 442 pages
...our soul abides ; — But tasks, in hours of insight willed, Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 't were done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. Then when the clouds... | |
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