 Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time....  A Short History of American Literature - Page 394by Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1919 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 414 pages
...them in another and more majestic form; not flowing at intervals and apparently unconsciously from the heart — As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start. In his other writings Mr. de Vere has proved his power as an epic poet, and we hope that he will live... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 122 pages
...old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts...from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his hear! As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1918 - 256 pages
...masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time, 6 For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts...toil and endeavor,— And tonight I long for rest. 7 Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,... | |
 | John Reinder Pelsma - 1918 - 516 pages
...sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of inartial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty... | |
 | 1919 - 966 pages
...masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. 2 ° ther anticipated that the cause of the conflict might...cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a res 2 s Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids... | |
 | 1920 - 202 pages
...old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts...Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of east, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 910 pages
...old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts...clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...masters, Not from the bards sublime, ' Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. zo For, like strains of martial music. Their mighty thoughts...toil and endeavor ; And to-night I long for rest. *4 Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1923 - 552 pages
...masters, Not from the bards sublime, 15 Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; 20 And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, Who,... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 162 pages
...old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his... | |
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