 Standing before Her father's door, He saw the form of his promised bride. The sun shone on her golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea air.  Poems - Page 304by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea air. Like a beauteous barge was she Still at rest on the...obeyeth love's command ! It is the heart and not the braiu That to the highest doth attain ; And he who folio weth love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest... | |
 | Elihu Burritt - American literature - 1868 - 332 pages
...developing taste, conception, skill, and labour. See how the poet describes this mental stimulus : "Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's...followeth Love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest!" I have translated for you, from the German, Gessner's story of the conception and building of THE FIRST... | |
 | 1868 - 970 pages
...BO high love will not allow us to reach, nothing so noble love will not incite us to attain, for " How skilful grows the hand That obeyeth love's command...and not the brain. That to the highest doth attain. He who doeth love's behest. Far eicelleth all the rest." This was how Miss Fawson was wise — in knowing... | |
 | John Philip - Christian life - 1871 - 330 pages
...under the spell of Divine love, it will greatly help to steady and steer the head and hands aright. " Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's...followeth Love's behest, Far exceedeth all the rest." A heart in thorough sympathy with the writer of any book will much facilitate the right understanding... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 pages
...golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea-air. Like a beauteous barge was she, Still at rest on the...sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Ixive's command ! It is the heart and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth... | |
 | Daniel Parish Kidder - History - 1871 - 570 pages
...success. Hence it needs to be studied and cultivated, and continually practiced. " Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command ! It is...doth attain ; And he who followeth Love's behest, Far excelleth all the rest."* It is interesting to observe, that various Christian Churches, which have... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea-air. Like a beauteous barge was she, Still at rest on the...beyond the billow's reach ; But he Was the restless, treething, stormy sea! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command ! It is the heart... | |
 | Robert William Dale, James Guinness Rogers - Congregational churches - 1884 - 1122 pages
...of labour, and the majesty of thought, yet he has unllinchingly proclaimed the neglected truth — It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest...doth attain. And he who followeth Love's behest Far exceedoth all the rest. As that priceless truth is woven or translated into a human life, it makes... | |
 | George Washington Julian - Civil rights - 1872 - 508 pages
...a government of the people, by the people, for the people. As your poet Longfellow has said, — " It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain." Show me a man whose heart is right, and he will do to trust all the time. The negro's heart has been... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 632 pages
...golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea air. Like a beauteous barge was she, Still at rest on the...reach ; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest !... | |
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