 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 heaven away.  Poems - Page 63by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Frederick Johnson - 1900 - 564 pages
...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 so long We hold the earth from heaven awav. " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; The hard, well-meaning... | |
 | 1900 - 654 pages
...guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right ; O Lord, we stay ; 'Tia by our follies Jthat so long We hokl the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, ro crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - 1901 - 526 pages
...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 so long We hold the earth from...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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of trust and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn (Jo crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings... | |
 | George Riddle - 1902 - 648 pages
...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 so long We hold the earth from...without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust \mong the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1902 - 370 pages
...but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, 0 Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long...heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, (.Jo crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings... | |
 | Elia Wilkinson Peattie - 1903 - 252 pages
...must heal the sin; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from...mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 pages
...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 so long We hold the earth from...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... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 344 pages
...with wrong to white as wool : The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! l6 " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. a° 263 Little Masterpieces of English Poetry "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms... | |
 | Augustus White Long - 1905 - 374 pages
...merciful to me, a fool I " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. 20 " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning... | |
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