 | American essays - 1914 - 1066 pages
...did not have in mind a more serious aspect of this same mood when he wrote the fa miliar lines, — If I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake. Even Stevenson called his happiness a 'great task'; and it was no wonder For him, and for many, it... | |
 | American essays - 1888 - 928 pages
...contains a special philosophy of life. It is entitled The Celestial Surgeon, and begins thus : — " If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness." That is what the pursuit of happiness becomes to some of us, — a task, to be persevered in with resolute... | |
 | Medicine - 1900 - 514 pages
...See adv. by Messrs. IO Woodruff & Co., and send for literature and samples. The Celestial Surgeon. If I have faltered more or less In my great task of...skies Books and my food and summer rain Knocked on iny sullen heart in vain ; Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - History - 1887 - 204 pages
...Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. XXII . THE CELESTIAL SURGEON IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - Ballads, English - 1887 - 344 pages
...changeful page, God's bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suffice. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON. IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1888 - 612 pages
...reclaimed Is as a kingdom conquered, where to reign. Our last quotation must be " The Celestial Surgeon : " If I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to... | |
 | English poetry - 1893 - 322 pages
...changeful page, God's bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suffice. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON If I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose Thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1922 - 496 pages
...sale will please notify Mrs. St. John Alison Lawton, 41 South Battery, Charleston, SC, stating price. If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food and summer rain... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. XXII THE CELESTIAL SURGEON IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter horne from the hill. tat XXII THE CELESTIAL SURGEON IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of...pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to... | |
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IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen... 
