The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap, The herdsman who climbed with his goats up the steep, The beggar who wandered in search of his bread, Have faded away like the grass that we tread. [The saint who enjoyed the communion of Heaven, The sinner... Abraham Lincoln - Page 384by Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...ED. VII. The saint that enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner that dared to remain unforgiv'n, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. VIII. So the multitude goes — like the flower and the weed That wither away to let others succeed... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...like the grass that we tread. VII. The saint that enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner that dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish,...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. % VIII. So the multitude goes — like the flower and the weed That wither away — to let others succeed... | |
| Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...The saint that enjoy'd the communion of heaven, The sinner that dar'd to remain unforgiv'n, The wim and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes — like the flower and the weed That wither away to let others succeed ; So... | |
| Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1838 - 584 pages
...and the heart of the brave Are hidden and lost in the depth« of the grave. The saint who enjojr'd the communion of Heaven, The sinner who dared to remain...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap, The herdsman that climb'd with hi« goats up the steep,... | |
| Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1838 - 540 pages
...the grave. Tire saint who enjoy'd the communion of Heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiveu, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap, The herdsman that climb'd with his goats up the steep,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...wander'd in search of his bread, Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint who enjoy'd the communion of heaven, The sinner who dared to remain...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes — like the flower and the weed That wither away to let others succeed ; So... | |
| William Knox - Christian poetry, English - 1847 - 240 pages
...away like the grass that we tread. The saint that enjoyed the communion of Heaven, The sinner that dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish,...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes — like the flower and the weed That wither away to let others succeed ; So... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...beggar who wandered in search of his bread, Have faded awuy like the grass that we tread. WILLIAM KNOX. The saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven, The...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes — like the flower and the weed That wither away to let others succeed ; So... | |
| Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...away like the grass that we tread. 6. The saint that enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner that dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish,...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. 7. We are the same things that our fathers have been ; We see the same sights that our fathers have... | |
| J Byres Laing - 1852 - 44 pages
...away like the grass that we tread. Tlic saint that enjoyed the communion of heaven, The sinner that dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish,...just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes — like the flower and (lieweed, That wither away to let others succeed ; So... | |
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