 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...  Vision of Sir Launfal - Page 52by James Russell Lowell - 1922 - 58 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 712 pages
...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 Which, seeking...Shall make a clearer faith and manhood shine In the unlearned heart. Boston, April, 1842. THE STAR. AT evening on the shadowy shore, In sad and lonely... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking...crowned at last with those Who live and speak for aye. 1842. RHCECUS. GOD sends his teachers unto every age, To every clime, and every race of men, With revelations... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 pages
...word, which now 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 art, i2 Shall make a clearer faith and manhood shine In the untutored heart. He who doth this, in verse... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak, And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking...crowned at last with those Who live and speak for aye. The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness of our life is gone. Shadows... | |
 | 1848 - 424 pages
...simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; . To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking...praise of art, Shall make a clearer faith and manhood shin* In the untutored heart. He who doth this, in verse or prose, May be forgotten in his day, But... | |
 | Hannah Gardner Creamer - 1852 - 450 pages
...souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; ' But better far it is to speak ' To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking...crowned at last with those Who live and speak for aye.' " VI. NEGOTIATION. " In 90orn I speak not ;— they arc what their hlrth And breeding euffer them tube... | |
 | Hannah Gardner Creamer - 1852 - 280 pages
...simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless eons of men ; ' To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking...forgotten in his day, But surely shall be crowned at lost with those Who live and speak for aye.' " VI. NEGOTIATION. " In scorn I speak not;— they are... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 pages
...simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; Shall make a clearer faith and manhood shine In the...crowned at last with those Who live and speak for aye. 1843. EHCECUS. GOD sends his teachers unto every age, To every clime, and every race of men, With revelations... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1854 - 276 pages
...simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line, Which, seeking...prose, May be forgotten in his day, But surely shall he crowned at last with those Who live and speak for aye. 1849. RH(ECUS. GOD sends his teachers unto... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 368 pages
...simple word which, now and then, Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men ; To write some earnest verse or line Which, seeking...clearer faith and manhood shine In the untutored heart." "The great characteristic of literature," says Henry Reed, "its essential principle is that it is addressed... | |
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