 O'er the edge of the desert, black and small, Then nearer and nearer, till, one by one, He can count the camels in the sun, As over the red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leapt in the shade,...  Holden's Dollar Magazine - Page 1201849Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...over the red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leapt in the shade, And with its own self like an infant played, And waved its signal of palms. ir. " For Christ's sweet sake, I beg an alms " ; — The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1849 - 566 pages
...before.' " — pp. 12, 13. This giving of alms from a sense of duty will not do. The vision continues. " ' For Christ's sweet sake, I beg an alms ' ; — The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir Launfal sees nought save the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched bone, That... | |
 | 1857 - 372 pages
...red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leaped in the shade, And with its own self like an infant...alms " ; — The happy camels may reach the spring, .- • • But Sir Launfal sees naught save the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...over the red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leapt in the shade, And with its own self like an infant played, And waved its signal of palms. IV. " For Christ's sweet sake, I beg an alms ;"— The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir Launfal... | |
 | Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch - 1861 - 364 pages
...red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leaped in the shade And with its own self like an infant...alms " ; — The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir Launfal sees naught save the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched bone, That... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...leapt in the shade, And waved its signal of palms. And with its own self like an infant played, iv. " For Christ's sweet sake, I beg an alms ; "— The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir Launfal sees only the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched bone, That cowers... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 340 pages
...over the red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leapt in the shade, And with its own self like...alms ; " — The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir Launfal sees only the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched bone, That cowers... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 68 pages
...over the red-hot sands they pass To where, in its slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leapt in the shade, And with its own self like an infant played, And waved its signal of palms. IV. " For Christ's sweet sake, I beg an alms " ; — The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 342 pages
...leapt in the shade, And with its own self like an infant played, And waved its signal of palms. IV. " For Christ's sweet sake, I beg an alms ;" — The happy camels may reach die spring, But Sir Launfal sees only the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched bone,... | |
 | 1867 - 386 pages
...slender necklace of grass, The little spring laughed and leaped in the shade, And with its own self |ike an infant played, And waved its signal of palms. "...alms " ; — The happy camels may reach the spring, But Sir Launfal sees naught save the grewsome thing, The leper, lank as the rain-blanched bone, That... | |
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