 OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden, and with reverent feet Enter, and cross himself, and on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er ; Far off the noises of the world retreat ; The...  New Outlook - Page 3061907Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1902 - 924 pages
...; God hath already said what shall betide." DIVINA COMMEDIA OFT have I seen at some cathedral dooi A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down...vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable roar. ! DIVINA COMMEDIA 375 So, as I enter here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1893 - 924 pages
...I dare not ask ; I know not what is best: God hath already said what shall betide." DIVINA COMMEDIA OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...paternoster o'er: Far off the noises of the world reSo. as I enter here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster Ah! from what agonies of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1904 - 524 pages
...the Illustrations are given at the close of the group of illustrations in volume x. THE DIVINE COMEDY INFERNO OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...cross himself, and on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternosters o'er; Far off the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American literature - 1905 - 738 pages
...completed, finishing the long task in 1867. From 1861 V> 1869 he wrote hardly anything else, except some Lay down his burden, and with reverent feet Enter,...the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er; Far oft' the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable... | |
 | Walter Jewett Keith - Architecture - 1905 - 288 pages
...breathes from the cloistered court of Wells and recalls the beautiful lines "Oft have I seen at this Cathedral door, A laborer pausing in the dust and...burden and with reverent feet Enter and cross himself." The West front of Wells has been called the most imposing facade in England, not only for its square... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905 - 778 pages
...regain ? The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain t 1884. 1864. DIVINA COMMEDIA1 OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat, 1 The poet's life and work were Interrupted by the tragic death, through fire, of Mrs. Longfellow.... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American poetry - 1905 - 730 pages
...? The unfinished window in Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain ! /-./. 1864. DIVINA COMMEDIA1 On have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat, 1 The poet's life and work were interrupted by the tragic death, through flre, of Mrs. Longfellow.... | |
 | 1906 - 654 pages
...DCXXXVIII. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. SONETTI ISPIRATI DALLA DIVINA COMMEDIA ('4 maggio 1865). I. Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...Enter, and cross himself, and on the floor Kneel to repent his paternoster o'er; Far off the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1908 - 518 pages
...finest of the sonnets he prefixed to that work: Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A labourer, pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden,...paternoster o'er; Far off the noises of the world retreat: schools" of his native Ireland, and ready to lean on his spade and put the troublesome schoolboy to... | |
 | Chautauquas - 1909 - 986 pages
...enjoy especially Longfellow's beautiful introduction to his translation of the Divine Comedy beginning: "Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer...and heat Lay down his burden, and with reverent feet Fnter, and cross himself, and on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er." LETTERS FROM THE... | |
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