 ... true. How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed. Who loved his charge but never loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth. And brave old wisdom...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 386by James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1872 - 810 pages
...lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind Thrusting...o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapcrs blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lived. Fruitful and friendly for all human-kind,... | |
 | 1865 - 654 pages
...outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfultei ing f kill And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1866 - 504 pages
...deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting...rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for his humankind, Yet also known to Heaven and friend with all its stars. I praise him not ; it were too... | |
 | 1879 - 692 pages
...his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now. now lost in vapours blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined Fruitful and friendly for all human kind,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...true. . 4. How beautiful to see And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrnst. 5. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of serf... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...clear-grained human worth Aad brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dustj They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring agaii. and thrust. 5. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting morn ward still, Ere any... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - America - 1868 - 300 pages
...his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer,... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...and true. 4. How beautiful to see And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed...bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust, 5. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of serf and peer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Literary Criticism - 1869 - 312 pages
...brave old wisdom of sincerity! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust IB that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered...bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. nis was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to* thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 pages
...his clear.grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure.footed...mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea. mark now, now lost in vapors blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level. lined, Fruitful and... | |
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