 Can little now avail to them ; But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on wealth or fame.  The Doctor's window - Page 2721897 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 pages
...fingers delve the mine ? Or with the envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, or wear a gem, Can little now avail to them. But if the page of Truth they sought,...These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. 17* Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod ? If... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...fingers delve the mine ? Or with the envied rubies shine i To hew the rock, or wear a gem, Can little now avail to them. But if the page of Truth they sought,...These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod ? If from... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 pages
...When death unveils eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine 1 To hew the rock or wear the gem Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the irnge of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...fingers delve the mine? Or with the envied rubies shine i To hew the rock, or wear a gem, Can little now avail to them. But if the page of Truth they sought,...These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod ? If from... | |
 | 1892 - 222 pages
...these fingers delve the mine? Or with the envied rubies shine? To hew the rock or wear a gem Can little now avail to them. But if the page of truth they sought,...These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on wealth and fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod ? If from... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1893 - 560 pages
...these fingers delve the mine Or with the envied rubies shine? To hew the rock or wear a gem Can little now avail to them ; But if the page of truth they...These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod ? If from... | |
 | John F. B. Lillard - 1895 - 164 pages
...sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on wealth or fame. Avails it, whether bare or shod, These feet the depth of duty trod? If from the halls of ease they fled To seek affliction's humble shed, If grandeur's... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis - 1897 - 540 pages
...these fingers delve the mine, Or with the envied rubies shine? To hew the rock or wear a gem Can little now avail to them, But if the page of Truth they sought,...These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth and Fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod? If from... | |
 | Edward Louis Colen Ward - 1899 - 412 pages
...shine ? To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can little now avail to them. But if the page of truth it sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on wealth, or fame. Avails it, whether bare or shod, These feet the depths of duty trod ? If from... | |
 | Louis Albert Banks - 1900 - 382 pages
...delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine? To hew the rock or wear the gem Avails but little now to them ; But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourners brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that wait on wealth or fame. " Avails... | |
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