 It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak...  Notes and Queries - Page 3411872Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...to me as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, To lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...to speak One simple word which now and then Shall wakeu their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Veterans - 1844 - 308 pages
...me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; So write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, i2 Shall make a clearer... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...me as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...free nature in the weak, And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith... | |
 | Parapsychology - 1848 - 424 pages
...me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; . To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1872 - 676 pages
...they stand thus in the English edition of his " Poetical Works," Routledge & Co., 1852:— " It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those fur stars that come in sight Once in a century ; But better far it is to speak, One simple word, which... | |
 | Hannah Gardner Creamer - Depression in women - 1852 - 280 pages
...not clothe his ideas in so attractive a garb, I must leave you to your own reflections. ' It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...waken their free nature in the weak And friendless eons of men ; ' To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thought* that shall glud the two or three High souls, like those far stars...free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith... | |
 | Hannah Gardner Creamer - Depression in women - 1852 - 450 pages
...not clothe his ideas in so attractive a garb, I must leave you to your own reflections. * It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...Once in a century ; ' But better far it is to speak ' To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 pages
...me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two...Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak x One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons... | |
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