 O'er the rabble's laughter ; And, while Hatred's fagots burn, Glimpses through the smoke discern Of the good hereafter. Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow ; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands...  Poems: By John G. Whittier, Illus. by H. Billing - Page 316by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1855 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1886 - 548 pages
...comforts and delights of autumnal life in rural England — so we may close with the poet's lines : " Thus, with somewhat of the seer, Must the moral pioneer...the future borrow ; Clothe the waste with dreams of gain, And on midnight's sky of rain Paint the golden morrow." C. HENRY. LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE.* A DIALOGUE.... | |
 | John Murray (professor of elocution.) - Elocution - 1887 - 156 pages
...the good hereafter. Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow ; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands...on midnight's sky of rain, Paint the golden morrow! In the reading aloud of Whittier's poem, it is hard not to succumb to a metre so distinctly marked... | |
 | English literature - 1887 - 428 pages
...Of thy day of trial ; Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow ; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands from hill and mead Reap the harvest yellow. Thus, with somewhat of the Seer, Must the moral pioneer From the future borrow ; Clothe... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1888 - 450 pages
...the good hereafter. Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow ; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands...on midnight's sky of rain, Paint the golden morrow ! 1847. THE ANGELS OF BUENA VISTA. A letter-writer from Mexico during the Mexican war, when detailing... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American literature - 1888 - 600 pages
...the good hereafter. Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands...on midnight's sky of rain, Paint the golden morrow! 1850. ICHABOD ! SO fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once ho wore! The glory from his gray... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...good hereafter. 1850. Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands...on midnight's sky of rain, Paint the golden morrow ! ICHABOD ! SO fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore! The glory from his gray hairs... | |
 | Society of Friends - Quakers - 1888 - 462 pages
...the good hereafter. " Knowing this, that never yet Share of Truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow ; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands from hill and mead Reap the harvest's yellow." ROBERT BARCLAY. BORN 1648 — DIED 1690— AGED FORTY-ONE YEARS. No Portrait. ROBERT... | |
 | Knights Templar (Masonic order). Grand Commandery (Mich.) - 1889 - 384 pages
...us together. "Knowing this, that never yet Share of fruit was vainly set In the world's wide Nllow; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands from hill and mead Reap the harvest yellow." Thanking you for the many courtesies I have received at your hands, and assuring you... | |
 | Terence Vincent Powderly - Knights of labor - 1889 - 742 pages
...contemplate without wonder at the present day. " Never yet Share of truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow. After hands shall sow the seed, After hands from hill and mead Shall reap the harvest yellow."— Whittier. The Presidents of the Machinists' and Blacksmiths', Coopers'... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...the good hereafter. Knowing this — that never yet Share of truth was vainly set In the world's wide fallow ; After hands shall sow the seed, After hands...on midnight's sky of rain, Paint the golden morrow ! — John Grtenltaf Whittier. The Soldier's Dream. OUR bugles sang truce— for the night-cloud had... | |
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