 IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen...  World Power: The Empire of Christ - Page 36de John James MacNeill - 1914 - 203 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...task of happiness, If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face, If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies,...pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake. Or, if too obdurate, I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, The piercing pain, the killing sin And to... | |
 | 1914 - 1066 pages
...task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies,...pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake. Even Stevenson called his happiness a 'great task'; and it was no wonder For him, and for many, it... | |
 | 1900 - 514 pages
...task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not , if morning skies Books and my food and summer rain Knocked on iny sullen heart in vain ; Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or,... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 344 pages
...task of happiness ; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies,...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in ! 'NOT YET, MY SOUL, THESE FRIENDLY FIELDS DESERT: NOT yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1887 - 204 pages
...task of happiness ; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies,...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in ! XXIII OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS OUT of the sun, out of the blast, Out of the world, alone I passed Across... | |
 | 1920 - 718 pages
...task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies,...pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake AGAINST IT The present discussion about the medicinal value of beer reminds us of the old limerick:... | |
 | 1888 - 612 pages
...task of happiness ; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies,...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in ! The Scottish dialect poems, to be found in the latter half of the book, interest us less than the... | |
 | 1891 - 930 pages
...hope was quenched, nothing but dreary despair was before him. CHAPTER VI. " Choose Thou, before this spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in A sharp rattle of hail on her window awoke Jean next morning. The wind roared in the wide chimney,... | |
 | 1892 - 848 pages
...hope was quenched, nothing but dreary despair was before him. CHAPTER VI. " Choose Thou, before this spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in." RL STEVENSON. A SHARP rattle of hail on her window awoke Jean next morning. The wind roared in the... | |
 | 1893 - 322 pages
...task of happiness ; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies,...pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in. THE WIND I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky ; And all around I heard... | |
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