 The leper raised not the gold from the dust: " Better to me the poor man's crust, Better the blessing of the poor, Though I turn me empty from his door...  Poetical works - Page 297by James Russell Lowell - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1895 - 850 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...morn,— So he tossed him a piece of gold In scorn." Here individualism is predominant. While traces of the divine element are manifest, the element of... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 132 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall ; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...from the dust : " Better to me the poor man's crust, ieo Better the blessing of the poor, Though I turn me empty from his door ; That is no true alms which... | |
 | Education - 1896 - 938 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...morn — So he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn." Here individualism is predominant. While traces of the divine element are manifest the element of evil... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1896 - 546 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall ; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...morn ; So he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn. The leper raised not the gold from the dust : " Better to me the poor man's crust, Better the blessing... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1896 - 528 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall; For this man, so foul and bent of statnre, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...morn, — So he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn. The leper raised not the gold from the dust: . Better to me the poor man's crust, Better the blessing... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 460 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...morn,— So he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn. The leper raised not the gold from the dust: — " Better to me the poor man's crust. Better the blessing... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1896 - 108 pages
...leap his horse stood still Like a frozen waterfall ; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...summer morn, — So he tossed him a piece of gold in VI. The leper raised not the gold from the dust : " Better to me the poor man's crust, Better the blessing... | |
 | Charles Macauley Stuart - 1896 - 328 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall ; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the one blot on the summer mornSo he tossed him a piece of gold in scorn. 17 VI. The leper raised not the gold from the dust :... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1897 - 580 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall ; For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...one blot on the summer morn, — So he tossed him a piece.of gold in scorn. TL The leper raised not the gold from the " Better to me the poor man's crust,... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...leap his heart stood still Like a frozen waterfall j For this man, so foul and bent of stature, Rasped harshly against his dainty nature, And seemed the...me empty from his door; That is no true alms which ihe hand can hold; He gives nothing but worthless gold Who gives from a sense of duty; But he who gives... | |
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