 Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend.  Poems - Page 63by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Eli Lemon Sheldon - 1895 - 336 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! H No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wuol, 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, O Lord, we stay; Tis by our follies that so... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1894 - 588 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 to me, a fool! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 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 to me, a fool ! * 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 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 to me, a fool ! ' 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...oath remove or counsel shake The fabric of his folly. b. Winter'! Tale. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 42G. 'Tis 'tis to love. It is to be all made of sighs and tears ; — • * ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away1. c. EK SILL— The FooCs Prayer.... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 682 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 to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1897 - 360 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 to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | Charles Noble - 1898 - 460 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 to me, a fool ! " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | Jenkin Lloyd Jones - 1899 - 336 pages
...coward's castle out of our stupidity. We cannot at the same time be both loving and thoughtless. "'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. ' ' These clumsy feet, still... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis, John Cloyse Bridgman - 1899 - 390 pages
...me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool ; " '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. " These clumsy feet, still in... | |
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