 | Methodist Church - 1858 - 690 pages
...sing so sweetly, for it is with him and his pen, as another of our poets has said: " Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command ! It is...doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest, Far exceedeth all the rest I" And in the midst of Whittier's almost insane anger, there are notes of pity... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pages
...was tastefully adapted and furnished for the oocas ion entirely by themselves. " Oh, how subtle is the hand That obeyeth love's command ! It is the heart,...and not the brain. That to the highest doth attain." We were fortunate in securing the right man to open the bazaar. It was no secret to him that we had... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command...doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest ! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon throughout... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command...doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest ! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon throughout... | |
 | David Thomas - 448 pages
...rugged side. And in the case of friendship, how quickly and intimately we know and are known ! "Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth love's command...doth attain ; And he who followeth love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest." The world smiles and says yes. But the world does not reflect that this great... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command...highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest m Far cxceedeth all the rest ! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon throughout... | |
 | 1853 - 1644 pages
...met be one rtsaranon. iZ ci> time she is bi W«xfc; in that «i-. *~i »TW \e& to CHAPTER XII. Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command...doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest, Far exceedeth all the rest ! LONGFELLOW. A FEW words of retrospect are necessary to portray the frame of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command...doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest ! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon throughout... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command!...the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behcst Far exceedeth all the rest! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...the sandy beach, Just beyond the billow's reach ; But he Was the restless, seething, stormy sea ! Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command...doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far exeeedeth all the rest ! Thus with the rising of the sun Was the noble task begun, And soon throughout... | |
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Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command ! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain... 
