 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
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1906 - 468 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool ; The rod must heal the sin : but, Lord, • Be merciful...follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. 276 THE FOOL'S PRAYER " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; These... | |
 | Charles Frederic Aked - 1907 - 264 pages
...carelessness, folly, and stupidity. '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...hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. It is thus with our Ingratitude. We have no desire to be brutal. As a matter of fact, we tell ourselves,... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1911 - 312 pages
...is from his heart? 5. Where did the fool get the idea of a heart "red with wrong"? 6. Explain " Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away." 7. Explain fully "crushing blossoms without end." 8. In what sense did "men crown the knave and scourge... | |
 | 1911 - 72 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 away. Died br ipecUl permlwion of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Publishes Ed»ird Rowland Bill'i Poenu. "These... | |
 | Langdon Cheeves Stewardson - 1913 - 356 pages
...we are led into wrong. "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. "Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave and scourge the... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 360 pages
...by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that so long 20 We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy...hands we thrust Among the heartstrings of a friend. a. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung? The word we... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...wrong to white as wool : The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; " The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung ! The word... | |
 | Leonard G. Nattkemper, George Wharton James - 1919 - 776 pages
...merciful to me, a fooll " 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...blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands are thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows... | |
 | Georgine Burchill, William Louis Ettinger, Edgar Dubs Shimer - 1919 - 280 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth arid right, 0 Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. 195 " These clumsy fee.t, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning... | |
 | 1920 - 202 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! 1 'Tis not hy 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 clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing hlossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend.... | |
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