 As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified, Shining and tall and fair and straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate, — • Himself...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 111by James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1891 - 508 pages
...And 't was red wine he drank with his thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no...crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified, a» Shining and tail and fair and straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate, — Himself... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1892 - 476 pages
...And 't was red wine he drank with his thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no...words were shed softer than leaves from the pine, no And they fell on Sir Launfal as snows on the brine, That mingle their softness and quiet in one... | |
 | Albert Shaw - Literature - 1892 - 790 pages
...leper to eat and drink. Then lo, a wondrous transformation! As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place; The leper no...Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. And the voice that was calmer than silence said, " Lo, it is I, be not afraid ! In many climes without... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Nathan Haskell Dole - American poetry - 1892 - 394 pages
...And 't was red wine he drank with his thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no...glorified, Shining and tall and fair and straight Himself the Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. VIII. His words were shed softer than... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1892 - 474 pages
...And 't was red wine he" drank with his thirsty soul. VII. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no...crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified, so« Shining and tall and fair and straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate, — Himself... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - English literature - 1893 - 458 pages
...fed. And 'twas red wine he drank with his thirsty soul. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place ; The leper no...Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. " Lo, it is I, be not afraid ! In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy... | |
 | James Russell Miller - Christian life - 1893 - 236 pages
...broke the ice on the streamlet's brink, And gave the leper to eat and drink." Suddenly a light shone about the place : " The leper no longer crouched at...straight As the pillar that stood by the Beautiful Gate." Sweetly now he spoke as the knight listened : " In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy... | |
 | Education - 1893 - 1072 pages
...broke the ice on the streamlet's brink And gave the leper to eat and drink." Suddenly "A light shone about the place; The leper no longer crouched at his side, But stood before him glorified," and it was Christ himself and he said to Sir Launfal, "In many climes without avail Thou hast spent... | |
 | 1894 - 436 pages
...drink. The transformation is beautifully pictured by Lowell: As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place; The leper no...Gate whereby men can Enter the temple of God in Man. And the voice that was calmer than silence said, 'Lo, it is I, be not afraid!' In many climes without... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1893 - 248 pages
...fed, And 't was red wine he drank with his thirsty soul. As Sir Launfal mused with a downcast face, A light shone round about the place; The leper no...Beautiful Gate — Himself the Gate whereby men can His words were shed softer than leaves from the pine, And they fell on Sir Launfal as snows on the... | |
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