 Poor Indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray of light and joy canst throw — If no silken cord of love hath bound thee To some little world through weal and woe...  The Year Book of American Authors - Page 71by Mrs. Ida Scott Taylor McKinney - 1894 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...still ; Leaf, and flower, and laden bee are preaching, Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill, Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray...thou canst lighten By daily sympathy and gentle tone. Not by deeds that win the crowd's applauses, Not by works that give thee world-renown, Not by martyrdom,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...still ; Leaf, and flower, and laden bee are preaching, Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill. Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray...thou canst lighten By daily sympathy and gentle tone. Not by deeds that win the crowd's ap Not by works that give thee world-renown, Not by martyrdom, or... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - Blue Ridge Mountains - 1855 - 456 pages
...left not on the way. PERSIAN PROYERR. Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray of hope or joy canst throw— If no silken cord of love hath bound thee To some little world through weal or woe. Miss WINSLOW. WE made a stormy passage across the Atlantic, in the middle of November, and... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...laden be* are preaching Thine own »phore, thoogb humble, first to fill [•oor in. lor, 1 thou niu«t be, if around thee Thou no ray of light and joy canst throw ; [f no silken cord of love hath bound titee To souie little world through weal or woe; [f no ilonr... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - Blue Ridge Mountains - 1855 - 444 pages
...square thyself for use — a stone that may Fit in the world is left not on the way. PERSIAN PROVERB. Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray of hope or joy canst throw — If no silken cord of love hath bound thee To some little world through... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - Blue Ridge Mountains - 1855 - 454 pages
...I square thyself for me— a stone that may Fit In the world ls left not on the way. Pnsux PROvTOR. Poor indeed thou must be, If around thee Thou no ray of hope or joy canst throw— If no silken cord of love hath bound tbee To some little world through weal... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...still ; Leaf and flower and laden bee are preaching, Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill. Poor, indeed, thou must be, if around thee Thou no...canst lighten, By daily sympathy and gentle tone. Not by deeds that win the crowd's applauses, Not by works that give thee world-renown, Not by martyrdom,... | |
 | Religious poetry, American - 1857 - 372 pages
...perpetual hymn ? Wouldst thou listen to its gentle teaching, All thy restless yearnings it would still ; Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray...canst lighten, By daily sympathy and gentle tone. Not by deeds that win the crowd's applauses, Not by works that give thee world-renown, Not by martyrdom... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...still : Leaf, and flower, and laden bee, are preaching, Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray...some little world, through weal and woe ; If no dear eye thy fond love can brighten, No fond voices answer to thine own ; If no brother's sorrow thou canst... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - Hymns, English - 1857 - 696 pages
...still ; Leaf and flower and laden bee are preaching, Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill. 3 Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee Thou no ray...bound thee To some little world through weal and woe ; — 4 If no dear eyes thy fond love can brighten, No fond voices answer to thine own ; If no brother's... | |
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