 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
 | 1914
...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...voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord, can change the heart " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 635 pages
...[Born at Windsor, Connecticut, 1841 ; died at Cleveland, Ohio, February 27, 1887] THE FOOL'S PRAYER The royal feast was done ; the King Sought some new sport...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... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 463 pages
...which shows rich gifts of spiritual insight and power," says Professor Simonds. 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... | |
 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - 1915 - 306 pages
...care, And to his jester cried : " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!" THE FOOL'S PRAYER 187 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... | |
 | Lee Emerson Bassett - 1917 - 353 pages
...laws. Huxley : A Liberal Education. 2. For general reading 26. The royal feast was done ; the King The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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... | |
 | Lee Emerson Bassett - 1917 - 353 pages
...the painted grin-he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee > ^^Jpffn ffie~monarch's silkerTsfooT; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart-v cFrom red with wrong-to white as wool; The tad, must heal... | |
 | George E. Teter - 1918 - 436 pages
...you gave to eat ; I was the child on the homeless street !" THE FOOL'S PRAYER 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 ! "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool : The rod must heal the... | |
 | 1918 - 4009 pages
...the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. ii _ "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the... | |
 | Georgine Burchill, William Louis Ettinger, Edgar Dubs Shimer - 1919
...his affairs. — ARABIAN NIGHTS. 194 THE FOOL'S PRAYER The royal feast was done ; the King Sought out some new sport to banish care, And to his jester cried...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... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1907 - 319 pages
...sport to banish care, And to his jester cried, " Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a prayer I " The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the...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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