 The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport to banish care, And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!" The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the mocking court before; , They could not see the bitter...  Poems - Page 62by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sarah Parke Morrison - 1904 - 322 pages
...THE FOOL'S PRAYER. [TO HEAD CORRECTIONS.] [Let everybody read this in full!] * * # "For us a prayer!" He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose: " O, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! ' ' ' Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his... | |
 | 1905 - 528 pages
...Oh, come through the darkness and save me; For I am alone. Rohert J. BurdetU. THE FOOL'S PRAYER. The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport...pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! "No pity, Lord, could change the heart "Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord,... | |
 | California Teachers Association - 1911 - 600 pages
...has lost a large part of the real pleasure in teaching. THE FOOL'S PRAYER BY EDWARD ROWLAND SILL The royal feast was done; the king Sought some new sport...pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1905 - 504 pages
...Oh, come through the darkness and save me; For I am alone. Robert J. Burdettt. THE FOOL'S PRAYER. The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport...pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Be 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... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1905 - 472 pages
...Oh, come through the darkness and save me; For I am alone. Robert J. Burdette THE FOOL'S PRAYER The royal feast was done ; the King Sought some new sport...pleading voice arose : "O Lord, Be 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... | |
 | 1905 - 494 pages
...Oh, come through the darkness and save me; For I am alone. Robert J. Burdette. THE FOOL'S PEAYER. The royal feast was done ; the King Sought some new sport...monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : "0 Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool !" "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong... | |
 | 1905 - 636 pages
...put her in John Westlock's arms. There let the record stand ! CHARLES DICKENS. THE FOOL'S PRAYER. THE royal feast was done. The king Sought some new sport...the monarch's silken stool; His pleading voice arose : " 0 Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! "No pity, Lord, can change the heart From red with wrong to... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 338 pages
...stood the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. 8 He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...voice arose: " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! 1Z " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool: The rod must heal... | |
 | Augustus White Long - 1905 - 382 pages
...the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, ,and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool ; 10 His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool : The rod must heal... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1906 - 458 pages
...is thy face I see ; and it befell Thou wert, and I was, and I love thee well. THE FOOL'S PRAYER THE royal feast was done ; the King Sought some new sport...monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : u O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong... | |
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