 He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings!  The Chautauquan - Page 76edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Anna Garlin Spencer - 1923 - 338 pages
...! One often thinks of the lovely song of Emily Dickinson when sitting thus in a public library: "He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust ; He knew no more that he was poor Or that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy ways And this bequest of wings Was but a book.... | |
 | Emily Dickinson - 1890 - 168 pages
...hats. And saints to windows run, To see the little tippler Leaning against the sun ! XXI. A BOOK. TTE ate and drank the precious words, •*• •*•...that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a. book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings ! XXII. T HAD... | |
 | Emily Dickinson - 1890 - 164 pages
...hats. And saints to windows run, To see the little tippler Leaning against the sun ! XXI. A BOOK. TT E ate and drank the precious words, "*• •*• His...that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings ! XXII. T HAD... | |
 | 1891 - 806 pages
...cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. A BOOK. He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew...that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wm^s Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings ! Roberts.) $1.50.)... | |
 | 1897 - 844 pages
...; AROUND THE STUDY LAMP. A BOOK. Hi1 ate mid drank the precious words. His spirit grew robust ; Hr knew no more that he was poor. Nor that his frame was dust, lie danced alonf? the dingy days. And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use. h. SIB JOHN DKNIIAM — Of Prudence. He thjof s Saga. Canto VIII. Justice, sir, is the great...— On Mr. Justice Story, 1845. K. KINDNESS. Kindn days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings ! »'. EMILY... | |
 | 1897 - 50 pages
...service. Hear my prayer, for my dear Redeemer's sake. Amen.— !^el. 124 125 AROUND THE STUDY LAMP. He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust ; He knew no more that he wus poor, Nor that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Wa«... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 pages
...and there a star, Some lose their way. Here a mist, and there a mist, Afterwards — day ! A BOOK HE ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew...that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings 1 UTTERANCE I... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 pages
...way. Here a mist, and there a mist, Afterwards — day ! A BOOK HE ate and drank the precious word*, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was...that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings ! UTTERANCE I... | |
 | Henry Fox Hewes - 1900 - 332 pages
...learn these things, to them life becomes filled with an interest and a joy which can never die. " He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust, He knew no more that he was poor He danced along the dingy days— And that bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened... | |
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