 Yes! I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past, Not like the men of the crowd Who all round me to-day Bluster or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile; But souls temper'd with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good, Helpers and friends...  Poems: Lyric, dramatic, and elegiac poems - Page 261by Matthew Arnold - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...thyself; And, at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd ! to come, Bringing thy sheep in thy hand. And through thee I believe In the noble and great who are gone; Pure souls honored and blest By former ages, who else — Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom... | |
 | 1880 - 630 pages
...thyself ; And at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd ! to come Bringing thy sheep in thy hand ; And through thee I believe In the noble and great who are gone ; Fervent, heroic, and good ; Helpers and friends of mankind. Servants of God ! or sons Shall I not... | |
 | 1868 - 1078 pages
...sadness of his own eyes the poet sees the world around him sunk in gloom. The race of men is lower, Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom I sec. Philistinism is rampant, and culture disregarded : above all the faith which kept alive nobility... | |
 | 1872 - 590 pages
...emotion : — " And through thee, I believe In the noble and great who are gone ; Pure souls honoured and blest By former ages, who else — ¿ Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom I see — Seemed but a dream of the heart, Seemed but a cry of desire. Yes ! I believe that there lived Others... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 594 pages
...And through thee, I believe I n the noble and great who are gone ; Pure souls honoured and blest liy former ages, who else — Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom I see — Seemed but a dream of the heart, Seemed but a cry of desire. Yes ! I believe that there lived Others... | |
 | 1872 - 1176 pages
...zeal and courage the general battles of ! humanity, he adds in a strain of real emo- i tion : — " And through thee, I believe In the noble and great who are gone ; Pure souls honoured and blest By former ages, who else — Such, so soulless, so pour, Is the race of men whom... | |
 | University of Missouri - 1879 - 522 pages
...sheep in thy hand. And through thee I believe In the noble and great who are gone; Pure souls honor'd and blest By former ages, who else — Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom I see — Seemed but a dream of the heart, Seem'd but a cry of desire. Yes! I believe that there lived Others... | |
 | University of Missouri - 1879 - 522 pages
...thyself; And, at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd ! to come, Bringing thy sheep in thy hand. And through thee I believe In the noble and great who are gone •„ Pure souls honor'd and blest By former »ges, who else — Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom... | |
 | University of Missouri - 1879 - 520 pages
...thyself; And, at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd ! to come. Bringing thy sheep in thy hand. And through thee I believe In the noble and great who are gone ; Pure souls honor'd and blest By former »ges, who else — Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1880 - 248 pages
...thyself ; And, at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd ! to come, Bringing thy sheep in thy hand. And through thee I believe In the noble and great who are gone ; Pure souls honor'd and blest By former ages, who else — Such, so soulless, so poor, Is the race of men whom... | |
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