 ... with rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 152by James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Payson Evans - 1898 - 470 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem." Der Wortführer, Apollo... | |
 | Charles Noble - 1898 - 460 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem. His serious statement of... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1899 - 268 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he 'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he 's old as Mathusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Evidently he thought that he paid too... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis, Lewis, Edwin Hebert - 1899 - 442 pages
...would ring pretty well; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Here Lowell is remembering the morals he drew from the dandelion, from Sir Launfal, and from many other... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis - 1899 - 440 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Here Lowell is remembering... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1899 - 116 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem." NOTES AND QUESTIONS. THE... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1900 - 512 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preachHis lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he 'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle...Jerusalem. " There goes Halleck whose Fanny 'sa pseudo Don Jnan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the true one, He 'sa wit, though, I hear, of the very... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he 'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle...At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. FROM "THE BIGLOW PAPERS" WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS B. is a sensible man; He stays to his home an' looks... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 966 pages
...distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he 'd re long, long thoughts." I can see the shadowy lines...of its trees, And catch, in sudden gleams, The shee inarch to the last new Jerusalem. FROM "THE BIGLOW PAPERS* WHAT MR. ROBTNSON THINKS GUVENER B. is a... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1900 - 96 pages
...ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, 345 And rattle away till he's as old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem." WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS. GUVENER B. is a sensible man ; He stays to his home an' looks arter his folks;... | |
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