 The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener...  The Collected Works of ... P. ... - Page 258by Theodore Parker - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Manley Hopkins - 1862 - 458 pages
...lesson afforded us, and we are inclined to repeat the words of the great reflective poet : — ' 1 've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; — Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.' CHAPTEE XIX. HISTORICAL SKETCH — THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY THE BELGIAN... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. I 've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning. WORDSWORTH. SCALING THE EYEIE. 'Not one fowler in fifty thousand,' writes... | |
 | 1863 - 982 pages
...and praises seem'd to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done, — I 've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning. W. Wordsworth ccxx THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES I HAVE had playmates, I have... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 584 pages
...bear the excitement it must occasion. It was Sunday morning : and while you were at the Music-Hall, I read it in this little far-off island, with emotions...still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men • Hath oftener left me mourning !" Herewith I send you, and all the members of the Society, a long letter,... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 558 pages
...makes all things familiar. I fear it flatters my pride a little, to be greatly underrated ; but to bo appreciated so tenderly by your affection, and rated...still returning; Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftencr left me mourning !" Herewith I send you, and all the members of the Society, a long letter,... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 554 pages
...hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning !" Herewith I send you, and all the...compose it before I knew of your letter to me, before 1 left Boston — indeed, in sleepless nights ; but wrote nothing till I was fixed in this place, and... | |
 | Bethuel Lewis Dodd, John Robertson Burnet - 1864 - 256 pages
...enable you to comprehend me fully, \Mfcen I reply, in the words of our favorite poet-philosopher — ' I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness...still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.' " I perceive, by the published report of the proceedings of the New Jersey... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1864 - 408 pages
...between advantages and merits. 2. On the excellences of Translation, and some of its difficulties. 8. I''ve heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning, Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning. 4. Conversation between Thomas Aquinas, James Watt, and Sir Walter Scott.... | |
 | 1864 - 546 pages
...haggled at long in vain. The tears in the old man's eyes drew out from Wordsworth this reflection— " I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness...still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.'' In setting forth such characters as The Brothers, Michael, the Cumberland... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 772 pages
...Such stores as silcut thought can bring, 0 gentle Reader ! you would find A tale in every thing." " I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning."* or in a still higher strain the six beantiful quatrains, page 134.... | |
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