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 3251872Full view - About this book
| United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...of Heav'n 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...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 - Veterans - 1844 - 308 pages
...heaven to 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...and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; So write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...heaven to 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...and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...heaven to 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...and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak, And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of... | |
| Parapsychology - 1848 - 424 pages
...heaven to 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...and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; . To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of... | |
| Electronic journals - 1872 - 676 pages
...quoted as he wrote them : they stand thus in the English edition of his " Poetical Works," Routledge & Co., 1852:— " It may be glorious to write Thoughts...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
...if he did 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...and then Shall 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... | |
| 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...and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking not the praise of... | |
| Hannah Gardner Creamer - Depression in women - 1852 - 450 pages
...if he did 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...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
...heaven to 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...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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