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
| Bliss Carman - American poetry - 1927 - 714 pages
...Of lark and linnet, and from every page Rise odors of ploughed field or flowery mead. 56. 'D'vuma FT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing...the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er; Far oflF the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - American literature - 1927 - 1288 pages
...the mist of years, How red my setting sun appears, How lurid looks this soul of mine! DIVINA COMMEDIA Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er; s Гаг off the noises of the world retreat; The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishablc... | |
| United States - 1909 - 1212 pages
...the introductory sonnet to the " Inferno :" "Oft have I seen at some cathedral door А Ыюгег, pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden,...repeat his paternoster o'er. Far off the noises of the wor'd retreat, The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable roar. So, as I enter... | |
| Bliss Carman - Poetry - 1927 - 720 pages
...linnet, and from every page Rise odors of ploughed field or flowery mead. 56. T)imna Commedia /""\FT have I seen at some cathedral door ^"^ A laborer,...of the street Become an undistinguishable roar. So, it I enter here from day to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate, Kneeling in prayer, and... | |
| Thomas Scott Buhrman - Organ music - 1919 - 334 pages
...Worship and Emotion AW LITTLEFIELD OFT ha dra A lab ( FT have I seen, at some cathedral door, aborer, pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden,...an undistinguishable roar. So, as I enter here from clay to day, And leave my burden at this minster gate, Kneeling in prayer, and not ashamed to pray,... | |
| 1926 - 446 pages
...immortality. EMILY KEENE BARNUM. DIVINA COMMEDIA Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A labourer pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden,...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... | |
| Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Karl Brown, Bertine Emma Weston, Helen E. Wessells - Libraries - 1917 - 690 pages
...one of his most beautiful sonnets he has pictured to us the relief which this occupation brought him: Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...Lay down his burden, and with reverent feet Enter, cross himself, and on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er ; Far off the noises of the world... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 728 pages
...ask ; I know not what is best ; God hath already said what shall betide." still ; DIVINA COMMEDIA. OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer,...in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden, and with rever ent feet Enter, and cross himself, and on the Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er ; Far off... | |
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