As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every... The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems - Page 252by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918Full view - About this book
| Josiah Bushnell Grinnell - 1891 - 464 pages
...and decisive battles have a parallel in mighty civic victories which have a voice for the timid. • "Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." That clemency of the conqueror to rebels, as shown by president and Congress, has brought out a timely... | |
| 1867 - 782 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS FOR IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE. A VERY limited statement of the enfranchisement of the... | |
| 1867 - 782 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS FOR IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE. A VERY limited statement of the argument for impartial... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 226 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb.' As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...eve obeyed at prime : ' Lowly faithful, banish fear, Eight onward drive unharmed ; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.'... | |
| 1901 - 1022 pages
...expressed, in view of the afternoon sun of life, in these lines from his pathetic poem " Terminus :" As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." How Many a Year! By Edith M. Thomas How many a year I've loved thee — How many a year, Whose seasons... | |
| 1879 - 1036 pages
...wary foot; A little while Still plan and smile, And, fault of novel germs, Mature the unfallcn fruit. As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to...worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." Mr. Eaton's portrait well presents the aged poet, now passing into silence, whose voice, from first... | |
| Book - 1871 - 366 pages
...dread, — Holds by his rule and choice. Thou lowly, faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unarm'd, The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed. 218. COME, kingdom of our God, Sweet reign of light and love ! Shed peace, and hope, and joy abroad,... | |
| American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...nerveless reins, — Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to..." Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unarmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed." THE PAST. THE debt is... | |
| 1875 - 402 pages
...his epitaph, nothing higher or wiser is uttered : — ' As the bird trims her to the (rale, I trim me to the storm of time ; I man the rudder, reef the...: Lowly faithful, banish fear; Right onward drive unharm'd ; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.' These words hold good,... | |
| 1875 - 714 pages
...his epitaph, nothing higher or wiser is uttered : — " As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim me to the storm of time; I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime : Lowly fnithful, banish fear ; Right onward drive unharm'd; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And... | |
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