 The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the mocking court before; , They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; His pleading voice arose: "O Lord, Be...  The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill - Page 245by Edward Rowland Sill - 1906 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1889 - 656 pages
...Be merciful to me, a fool ! "No pky, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white ¡is wool ; The rod must heal the sin : but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! "'Tie not by guilt the onward sweep Oftruth and right, О Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 482 pages
...He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord,...sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 pages
...bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : " 0 Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord,...sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...He bowed his head, and bent his knee L'pon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voiee arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord,...From red with wrong to white as wool ; The rod must heid tiie sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by gnilt the onward sweep Of truth... | |
 | Oakland (Calif.). First Unitarian Church. Ladies - 1891 - 108 pages
...He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! "No pity, Lord,...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... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts - 1891 - 796 pages
...wore. He bowed his head, und bent his knee Upon the Monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice, " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " No pity, Lord, could change tbe heart From red with wrong to white as wool — The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful... | |
 | Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco) - 1892 - 136 pages
...He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the monarch's silken stool; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! '' No pity, Lord,...sin : but Lord. Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1892 - 546 pages
...Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : ' O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool l " ' No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with...heal the sin ; but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool t " ' Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; T is by our follies that... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1892 - 570 pages
...Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : ' O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! a ' No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with...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 ; *T is by our follies that... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1892 - 556 pages
...verse of a poem which he had had cut from a stray magazine found in the yearly letterpacket : — NII pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong...heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me a fool ! Tsaga's hand was in his bosom, and his eyes, half closed, were fixed on Teddie. In slow hesitating... | |
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