 With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern.  Donovan, a novel, by Edna Lyall - Seite 225von Ada Ellen Bayly - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 Seiten
...the depths of thyself! MORALITY. WE cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart reside?, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Q 4 Then, when the... | |
 | 1854 - 632 Seiten
...before the elements, and owes no homage to the Sun." " We cannot kindle when we will, The fire that in the heart resides ; The spirit bloweth and is still,...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. " Then, when the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1854 - 304 Seiten
...To-night it doth inherit The vasty Hall of Death. MORALITY WE cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return ! All we have built do we discern. Then, when the clouds... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1854 - 334 Seiten
...planned. I almost wish you were off, and that little Lilia was safe with me .at Abergeale," CHAPTER XIV. "With aching hands and bleeding feet, "We dig and...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done, Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern." AHNOHD. Two years... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 348 Seiten
...chang'd his lot: We would not change it now. MORALITY. WE cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still,...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Then, when the clouds... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 350 Seiten
...now. MORALITY. WE cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit blowcth and is still, In mystery our soul abides : But tasks...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Then, when the clouds... | |
 | Margaret Agnes Paull - 1857 - 324 Seiten
...mystery our soul abides. But tasks in hours of insight will'd Can be through hours of gloom fulfill'.l. With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...the burden and the heat Of the long day. and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern. MATTHEW ABNoLD. KATHLEEN'S... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 Seiten
...finds himself, loses his misery." MATTHEW ARNOLD. MORALITY. WE cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still,...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built'do we discern. Then, when the clouds... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 Seiten
...' Resolve to be thyself! and know, that he Who finds himself, loses his misery!' MORALITY. "\ 1 7"E cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern. Then, when the clouds... | |
 | Nahor Augustus Staples - 1870 - 282 Seiten
...had suddenly emerged from the clouds, and, on the summit, heaven with all its stars lay over him. " With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap,...the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done j Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern." IV. MILWAUKEE AND... | |
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