 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
 | Friedrich Schönemann - 1925 - 140 pages
...gebetet haben3): „No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrang to white as wool; The red must heal the sin: but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool!" 1) Connecticut Yankee S. 303: „ Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 712 pages
...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 sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! 1 " Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | Thomas Augustine Daly - 1926 - 172 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... | |
 | Bliss Carman - 1927 - 714 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... | |
 | 1927 - 490 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 so... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 520 pages
...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 sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! ' "'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep ' "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms... | |
 | Bliss Carman - 1927 - 718 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... | |
 | Celian Ufford - 1928 - 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... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 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... | |
 | 1902 - 1024 pages
...apparent triviality of the causes of sorrow, in some respects the most perplexing element in life : — " T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, 0 Lord, we stay ; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy... | |
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