 | 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
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...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... | |
 | 1879 - 692 pages
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...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
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...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
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dustj They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...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... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...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... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - America - 1868 - 300 pages
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...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,... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1869 - 524 pages
...brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust ; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And...level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for all human kind, Yet also nigh to heaven, and loved of loftiest stars. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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 of sincerity! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not... 
