 A little spring had lost its way amid the grass and fern, A passing stranger scooped a well, where weary men might turn ; He walled it in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink. He...  The Rhode Island Educational Magazine - Seite 133herausgegeben von - 1852Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1853 - 402 Seiten
...stranger scooped a well, Where weary men might turn. He walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink: He thought not of the deed he did, But...thousand parching tongues And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought, 'Twas old and yet was new, A simple fancy of the brain, But strong... | |
 | Louise Elemjay - 1853 - 300 Seiten
...are the Livingstons to Fulton, the Isabellas to Columbus ; RENOWN is their right, why is it withheld? "A nameless man amid a crowd That thronged the daily...mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart : — The deed was small, the issue great, A transitory breath, It raised a brother from... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1853 - 408 Seiten
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought ; 'T was old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But... | |
 | 1854 - 362 Seiten
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 'Twas old and yet 'twas new — A simple fancy of the brain, But... | |
 | 1854 - 420 Seiten
...it in, and hung with care A ladle on the brink ; — He thought not of the deed he did, But jndged that toil might drink. He passed again; and, lo !...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought; 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new, — A simple fancy of the brain, But... | |
 | 1854 - 606 Seiten
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought ; 'Twas old, and }*et was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But... | |
 | 1854 - 608 Seiten
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the well, By summers never dried,...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought ; 'Twas old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1855 - 258 Seiten
...ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He pass'd again — and lo ! the •well, By summers never dried,...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropp'da random thought 'Twas old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But strong... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1856 - 602 Seiten
...brink— He thought not of the deed he did, But judg'd that toil might drink. He pass'd again—and lo ! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropp'da random thought; 'Twas old, and yet was new— A simple fancy of the brain, But strong... | |
 | 1856 - 790 Seiten
...not of the deed he did, Rut judged that toll might drink. He passed again,— and lo I the well, Ry summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside 1 A dreamer dropt a random thought; 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new— A simple fancy of the brain, Rut... | |
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