 | James Richardson - 1848 - 510 pages
...fainting band, With yonr brow to the sun, and your feet to the sand, Traverse The Desert, and then you can tell, What treasures exist in the cold deep well...Sink in despair on the red parched earth, And then you may reckon what water is worth." The Negro youths are practising some of their wild sports and... | |
 | 1851 - 638 pages
...fainting hand. With your hrow tu the sun and your feet to the aand, I would wager the thing I'm most loth to spare That your Bacchanal chorus would never ring there : Traverse the desert and then ye can tell Whnt treasures exist in the cold deep well ; Sink in despair on the red parch'd earth And then yu may... | |
 | 1851 - 642 pages
...fainting band. With your brow to the eun and your feet to tie Sund, I would wager the thing I'm most loth to spare That your Bacchanal chorus would never ring there : Traverse the desert and then yo can tell What treasures exist in the cold deep well ; Sink in despair on the red parch'd earth And... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 pages
...; I would wager the thing I'm most loth to spare, Your Bacchanal chorus would never ring there. Go traverse the desert, and then ye can tell What treasures exist in the cold deep well ; Or sink in despair on the red parched earth, And then ye may reckon what water is worth. Should famine... | |
 | 1858 - 424 pages
...watered as ours, we do not feel so deeply its joyousness and value. Traverse the dnsnrt, and then you can tell, What treasures exist in the cold, deep well ; Sink in despair on the red, parch'd earth, And then ye may reckon what water Is worth. It is a thing of beauty; and "a thing of... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...tea-kettle. 16. Ida. I have just read a verse from Eliza Fl& - Cook's poems which I will repeat : u Traverse the desert, and then ye can tell What treasures...parched earth, And then ye may reckon what water is worth.1' 17. Mr. M. It is thought that these wells will work a great social revolution in those regions.... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 pages
...tea-kettle. 16. Ida. I have just read a verse from Eliza Fis- - Cook's poems which I will repeat : u Traverse the desert, and then ye can tell What treasures...Sink in despair on the red parched earth, And then yc may reckon what water is worth." 17. Mr.M. It is thought that these wells will work a great social... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...minstrel lays ; But water, I deem, hath a mightier claim To till up a niche in the temple of fame. Traverse the desert, and then ye can tell What treasures...in the cold deep well ; Sink in despair on the red parch' d earth, And then ye may reckon what water is worth. E. Cook, Water. Water is the mother of... | |
 | Frederic Richard Lees - 1868 - 528 pages
...Eastern lands the full meaning of living waters is well understood. " Traverse the desert, and then you can tell What treasures exist in the cold, deep well;...Sink in despair on the red, parched earth, And then you can reckon what water's worth." PSALM CXXVIIL VERSE 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by... | |
 | Frederic Richard Lees - 1868 - 510 pages
...Eastern lands the full meaning of living waters is well understood. " Traverse the desert, and then you can tell What treasures exist in the cold, deep well...Sink in despair on the red, parched earth, And then you can reckon what water's worth." PSALM CXXVIII. VERSE 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by... | |
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I'm most loth to spare, That your Bacchanal chorus would never ring there. Traverse the desert, and then ye can tell What treasures exist in the cold, deep well ; Sink in despair on the red, parched earth, And then ye may reckon what Water is worth. 
