 | American essays - 1879 - 978 pages
...must cleanse them all; But for our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the...apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool! " THE INDIAN TERRITORY. EARLY in the present century, when our government formed treaties with the... | |
 | George Melville Baker - Elocution - 1879 - 734 pages
...must cleanse them all ; But for our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heavrn we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the...hushed ; in silence rose The king ; and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low : " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " ATLANTIC. THE DEAD... | |
 | Readers - 1883 - 804 pages
...must cleanse them all >, But for our blunders, — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the...fool !" The room was hushed ; in silence rose The king.and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low: " Be merciful to me, a fool 1"... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1907 - 682 pages
...stripes must cleanse them all ; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the...will ; but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I These stanzas are characteristic of Sill on his didactic side. The poem, "Five Lives," shows Sill... | |
 | American poetry - 1885 - 470 pages
...must cleanse them all ; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the...will; but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I " The room was hushed. In silence rose The king, and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and... | |
 | American poetry - 1885 - 466 pages
...must cleanse them all ; But for our b^bj^ders -*>oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool /i That did his will; but thou, O Lord, . ( ( . Be merciful to me, a fool I " The room was hushed.... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pages
...stripes must cleanse them all. But for our blunders! Oh! in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall! Earth bears no balsam for mistakes. Men crown the knave and scourge the fool! They did his will. But, then, O LORD, Be merciful to me — a Fool! " The room was hushed. In... | |
 | Slason Thompson - American poetry - 1886 - 474 pages
...; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall. "Earth bears no blossoms for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the...was hushed. In silence rose The king, and sought his garden cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool ! " WHAT IS HIS CREED?... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 136 pages
...Upon the monarch's silken stool ; His pleading voice arose : " O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful...apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool 1 " THE DESERTER. LINDEST and most frantic prayer, Clutching at a senseless boon, His that begs, in... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 136 pages
...must cleanse them all ; But for our blunders — oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. " Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the...apart, and murmured low, " Be merciful to me, a fool 1 " THE DESERTER. [JLINDEST and most frantic prayer, Clutching at a senseless boon, His that begs,... | |
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Our faults no tenderness should ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them all ; But for our blunders— oh, in shame Before the eyes of heaven we fall. ' Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will... 
