 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
 | Arnold Levitas - 1924 - 334 pages
...whcthcr actually quoted or not, should begin with a capital letter. Then Elijah said, Thou art the man. His pleading voice arose: "O Lord, be merciful to me, a fool! " b. A fragmentary quotation needs no capital. The "carriage," so called, was really a wagon. The writer's... | |
 | William Rose Benét - 1925 - 558 pages
...by permission of, and special arrangement with, Houghton Mifflin Company, the authorized publishers. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's...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... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1925 - 448 pages
...They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent bis knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; 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 the... | |
 | Thomas Augustine Daly - 1926 - 172 pages
...question's whether You'll show a hat that's white, or a feather! 33. The Fool's Prayer (1841-1887) 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... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 712 pages
...sport to banish care, And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel down, and make for us a prayer!" 1 The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! 4 " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the... | |
 | 1927 - 490 pages
...its compensation, There is healing for every pain; — Htzekiah Butterviortfi The Fool's Prayer ' I "HE royal feast was done; the King ,*, Sought some...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... | |
 | Bliss Carman - 1927 - 714 pages
...line or land Between this land and Paradise. EDWARD ROWLAND SILL 1841-1887 211. The Fool's "Prayer ' I "HE royal feast was done; the King Sought some new...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... | |
 | Bliss Carman - 1927 - 718 pages
...line or land Between this land and Paradise. EDWARD ROWLAND SILL 1841-1887 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... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 520 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! 4 "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 pages
...PRAYER EDWARD ROWLAND SILL The royal feast was done ; the king Sought some new sport to banish care, The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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... | |
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