 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
 | 1909 - 500 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 686 pages
...not ask; I know not what is best; God hath already said what shall betide." still; DIVINA CO.MMEDIA OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing in the dust and beat, Lay down bis burden, and with reverent feet Enter, and cross himself, and on the floor Kneel... | |
 | Brander Matthews - English language - 1911 - 296 pages
...of Longfellow is displayed beautifully in one of his sonnets on the " Divina Commedia" of Dante: — Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguisbable roar. So, as I eater here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate,... | |
 | Bp. John Bernard Delany - 1911 - 490 pages
...Jubilee visits, when the touching custom of Catholic lands could be seen as described by Longfellow: "Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er." And such we should see every day. An hour stolen from the busy, toilsome day for the working man or... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - American poetry - 1912 - 702 pages
...source divine, Refracted through the mist of years How red my setting sun appears, DIVINA COMMEDIA Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er: 5 Far off the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable... | |
 | 1909 - 500 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...on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er." LETTERS FROM THE The members of the Dante Class continue to report progress, and from their retrospective... | |
 | Albert Wentworth Palmer - Christianity - 1914 - 138 pages
...does not stand alone — the tenderer story of the Prodigal Son must ever be bound in the same volume. "Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er; Tar off the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable... | |
 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - American poetry - 1915 - 344 pages
...rather share their warrior rest, Than not have been at Monterey? Charles Fenno Hoffman. DIVINA COMMEDIA OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer pausing...retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an indistinguishable roar. So, as I enter here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate,... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. Thomas Bailey Aldrich [1839-1007] DIV1NA COMMEDIA ome poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall so indistinguishable roar. So, as I enter here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate,... | |
 | Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...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,...retreat ; The loud vociferations of the street Become an tmdistinjruishable roar. So, as I enter here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate,... | |
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