 Standing before Her father's door, He saw the form of his promised bride. The sun shone on her golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea air.  Poems - Page 316by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 474 pages
...beauteous barge was she, Still at rest on the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he uo Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyetb Love's command ! 101. Here, as was noted in Schiller's Song of the Bett,tiie poet touches the... | |
 | National Speech Arts Association - 1893 - 752 pages
...of the result we have foreshadowed for the art of spoken language; for in this, as in all things,— "It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain ; And he that followeih love's behest Far excecdeth all the rest." DISCUSSION. Miss CORA M. WHEELER, of New... | |
 | 1893 - 1164 pages
...love of little children, there are no limits to what may be done. Here, as in many other things,— " It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain." It is idle to deny, however, that at times the greatest patience and tact seem alike thrown awav, and... | |
 | G. Steel - 1894 - 320 pages
...he might confess the things he saw. SENTENCES FOE ANALYSIS AND PARSING. Section. 21 (contd.) J. 1. Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth love's...followeth love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest. 2. Sail forth into the sea of life, 0 gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon... | |
 | 1894 - 878 pages
...the great heart of Templar Masonry, and to every Templar Mawon's heart- -one and inseparable. " 'Tis the heart and not the brain. That to the highest doth attain. And he who followcth love's behest. Par excelleth all the rest." Will you join in these sentiments on Tuesday.... | |
 | 1858 - 688 pages
...and his pen, as another of our poets has said: " Ah, how skillful prows the hand That obeycth I.ove'n command ! It is the heart and not the brain That to...followeth Love's behest, Far exceedeth all the rest !" And in the midst of Whittier's almost insane anger, there are notes of pity and songs of sweet sympathy... | |
 | Kate Forrest Oswell, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1912 - 520 pages
...golden hair, ue And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair. With the breath of morn and the soft sea air, Like a beauteous barge was she, Still at rest on the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach. 120 But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea! Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's... | |
 | George M'Hardy - 1913 - 156 pages
...service, or in forestalling a coming necessity, on which mere calculating prudence could never have hit. "Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth love's...doth attain ; And he who followeth love's behest Far exceeded! all the rest." But let love be tuned into unison with the pure spirit of Jesus, and its ingenuity... | |
 | New Brunswick. Department of Education - 1913 - 1036 pages
...touch of the hand, Live on in the soul alway." The successful teacher has learned the secret that, — "It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain." Bliss Carmen, one of our own writers, tells that, — "The heart in the work is not the motto for the... | |
 | Douglas Graham - 1913 - 648 pages
...art and aiming beyond it in his sincere desire to do good. And this will be an instance that often " it is the heart and not the brain that to the highest doth attain," but not the one without the other. " All great art is the expression of man's delight in the work of... | |
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