 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 968 pages
...of birth, lint by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew tlnit outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust...o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapor's blind; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful- nnd friendly for all human kind,... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - Literature - 1900 - 604 pages
...flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that...outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust 0 In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 964 pages
...flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, claws. In street and alley what strange tongues are loud, Accents of menace alien to our air, Voices vapor's blind; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind,... | |
 | Quotations, American - 1901 - 458 pages
...lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not...again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mindBroad prairie, rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind. Here was... | |
 | American literature - 1901 - 694 pages
...Allegheny been so glorious as in this opening year of the new century ! By JOHN DE MORGAN. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. "His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er cloudy bars, A sea-mark, now lost in vapors blind: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined,... | |
 | William Cranston Lawton - American literature - 1902 - 400 pages
...may well imagine, even, that the impatient, intolerant Puritan scholar found helpful instruction " In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...bent like perfect steel, to spring again and thrust." It has always seemed noteworthy, in a poem by a college professor, recited on the day when Alma Mater... | |
 | American ballads and songs - 1903 - 440 pages
...flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that...o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapor's blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 pages
...flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity! They knew that...steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 676 pages
...flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that...bent, like perfect steel, to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905 - 746 pages
...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, 170 But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that...cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind; i BO Broad prairie rather, genial, levellined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind, Yet also nigh... | |
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... shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed, Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of... 
