 As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified, Shining and tall and fair and straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate, — Himself...  Poems - Page 205by James Russell Lowell - 1849Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 208 pages
...bowl, Yet with fine wheaten bread was the leper fed, And 'twas red wine he drank with his thirsty soul. Shining and tall and fair and straight As the pillar...Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. His words were shed softer than leaves from the pine, And they fell on Sir Launful as snows on the... | |
 | 1891 - 438 pages
...that stood by the Beautiful Gate, Himself the gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in man. His words were shed softer than leaves from the pine,...And they fell on Sir Launfal as snows on the brine, " I^o, it is I, be not afraid ! In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy... | |
 | 1891 - 508 pages
...thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified, a» Shining and tail and fair and straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate, — Himself... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 476 pages
...thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood...words were shed softer than leaves from the pine, no And they fell on Sir Launfal as snows on the brine, That mingle their softness and quiet in one... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1892 - 790 pages
...wondrous transformation! As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood...Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. And the voice that was calmer than silence said, " Lo, it is I, be not afraid ! In many climes without... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1892 - 394 pages
...thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood...glorified, Shining and tall and fair and straight Himself the Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. VIII. His words were shed softer than... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 474 pages
...thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified, so« Shining and tall and fair and straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate, — Himself... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1893 - 458 pages
...his thirsty soul. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood...Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. " Lo, it is I, be not afraid ! In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1893 - 236 pages
...streamlet's brink, And gave the leper to eat and drink." Suddenly a light shone about the place : " The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood...straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate." Sweetly now he spoke as the knight listened : " In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy... | |
 | 1893 - 1072 pages
...the streamlet's brink And gave the leper to eat and drink." Suddenly "A light shone about the place; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified," and it was Christ himself and he said to Sir Launfal, "In many climes without avail Thou hast spent... | |
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