... plain must needs be weak. To whom can this be true who once has heard The cry for help, the tongue that all men speak, When want or woe or fear is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange,... Miscellaneous Notes and Queries - Page 2571896Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1862 - 670 pages
...like a shriek Pressed from the sore heurt, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may make the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and barns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no heat... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 pages
...like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend I There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more hight than breadth, more depth than length, Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And he... | |
| George Perkins Marsh - 1862 - 600 pages
...like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend ! There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun...will may take the sleek, fat, phrase, Which glows but burns not, though it beam and shine — Light, but no heat — a flash, but not a blaze ! These... | |
| George Perkins Marsh - 1862 - 640 pages
...heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend! There is a strength Which dies if stretehed too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than...will may take the sleek, fat, phrase, Which glows but burns not, though it beam and shine — Light, but no heat — a flash, but not a blaze ! These... | |
| George Perkins Marsh - 1866 - 602 pages
...like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend 1 There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun...Which has more height than breadth, more depth than lengllu Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat,... | |
| George Perkins Marsh - 1867 - 606 pages
...heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend ! There is a strength Which dies if stretehed too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than...will may take the sleek, fat, phrase, Which glows but burns not, though it beam and shine— Light, but no heat — a flash, but not a blaze ! These... | |
| 1868 - 610 pages
...a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine. Which has more hight than breadth, more depth than length ; Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 392 pages
...fiend ? There is a strength Which dies, if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more weight than breadth, more depth than length. Let but this...— Light, but no heat— a flash, but not a blaze ! * It may be interesting to note that, while in the English of the Prodigal Son about one hundred... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 422 pages
...like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange, wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend? There is a strength Which dies, if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more weight than breadth, more depth than length. Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And... | |
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