 | 1899 - 1588 pages
...once more! Smoothing thy gold of war-dishevelled hair. What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the nations...bright beyond compare? What were our lives without thcc? What all our lives to save thee? We reck not what we gave thee; We will not dare to doubt thee;... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1892 - 132 pages
...hair O'er such sweet brows as never other wore ******** What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love — and make thee know it Among the Nations bright beyond compare ? " v 1 1 An impression has prevailed — and has gained credence at some times i and in some places,... | |
 | 1893 - 780 pages
...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare !' ' At first thought these splendid lines shame us for the restrictions passed upon their fellows... | |
 | 1894 - 568 pages
...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...bright beyond compare? What were our lives without theeV What all our lives to save thee? We reck not what we gave thee, We will not dare to doubt thee,... | |
 | John Vance Cheney - 1895 - 466 pages
...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! " At first thought these splendid lines shame us for the restrictions passed upon their fellows ;... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1895 - 372 pages
...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare I " Among other "Poems of the War," written at this time, was " The Washers of the Shroud," in which... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1895 - 574 pages
...Could tell our love and make thee know - it, Among the Nations bright beyond com pare? What were onr lives without thee? What all our lives to save thee...doubt thee. But ask whatever else, and we will dare! L'ENVOI. TO THE MUSE. WHITHER ? Albeit I follow fast, In all life's circuit I but find, Not where thou... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1895 - 344 pages
...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations bright beyond compare tf What were our lives without thee ? What all our lives to save thee ? We reck a not what we gave... | |
 | 1896 - 752 pages
...expressed than in the closing lines of that great poem : — " What words of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the nations...doubt thee ; But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! " Mr. Lowell died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August I2th, 1891. WALT WHITMAN, THE... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 530 pages
...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! L'ENVOI TO THE MUSE WHITHER ? Albeit I follow fast, In all life's circuit I but find, Not where thou... | |
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O Beautiful ! my Country ! ours once more ! Smoothing thy gold of war-dishevelled hair O'er such sweet brows as never other wore, And letting thy set lips, Freed from wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover... 
