 | Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - American poetry - 1923 - 566 pages
...strong, Here, heave a sigh. Is there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach tin; course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave?...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain 'd his name! Reader, attend ! — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or... | |
 | Walter Raleigh - English literature - 1923 - 348 pages
...How much unlike ! Your hearts are just a standing pool, Your lives, a dyke ! And again, on himself, The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! The poet who wrote these verses knew the delight of riding on the crest of the wave, with a following... | |
 | Herbert Samuel Mallory - Book reviewing - 1923 - 558 pages
...solely on the weight and force of that which with entire fidelity it utters, Burns could show him. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise...thoughtless follies laid him low And stain'd his name. Every one will be conscious of a likeness here to Wordsworth; and if Wordsworth did great things with... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - Authors, English - 1925 - 574 pages
...steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career Wild as the wave ? — Here let him pause, and through a tear Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below...thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name. The churchyard is full of grave-stones and expensive monuments in all sorts of fantastic shapes —... | |
 | George William McClelland - English literature - 1925 - 1178 pages
...the course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave; Here pause—and, through dge for stalwart blow, Ta'en in fair fight from gallant...darkened on his rugged brow, " Though half disguised wi stained his name! Reader, attend—whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling... | |
 | David Graham - Aesthetics - 1925 - 380 pages
...course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave ? Here pause—and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. " The poor inhabitant...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low And stained his name. " Reader, attend—whether thy soul Soar's fancy's flights beyond the Pole, Or darkly... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - Literature - 1926 - 906 pages
...strong, Here heave a sigh. Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave;...softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name! Blate: bashful Dool: grief Snool: fan Reader, attend — whether. thy soul Soars... | |
 | Robert Burns - English poetry - 1926 - 734 pages
...Can others teach the course to steer, s Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, ч Wild as the wave, ч Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey...know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer Same ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name I Reader, attend ! whether thy soul... | |
 | Edwin Holt Hughes - Christianity - 1928 - 194 pages
...in "A Bard's Epitaph": " Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave;...quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the finer glow, And softer flame. But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name!"4 So do we... | |
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Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to... 
