 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 Seiten
...walled it in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged d a stone, And was, scarce conscious what I wist,...blank and bleak and gray, It was not night, — it w dreamer dropped a random thought; 'twas old, and yet Ч was new ; A simple fancy of the brain, but... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 Seiten
...walled it in and hung with care, A ladle to 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. 3. A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 'Twas old and yet 'twas new,— A simple fancy of the hrain,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 322 Seiten
...walled it in, and hung with caro A ladle at the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again — and lo...thousand parching tongues. And saved a life beside. 3. A dreamer dropped a random0 thought'; 'T.was old', and yet 'twas new' — A simple fancy of the... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1873 - 306 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 !...cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life besides. A dreamer dropped a random thought, 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new — A simple fancy of the... | |
 | Mrs. M. E. M'Allister - 1873 - 258 Seiten
...saved me from the vortex of sin to which I was hastening, and placed my feet in the path of virtue." "A nameless man, amid a crowd That thronged the daily...Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied, from the heart. A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath, It raised a brother from the dust;... | |
 | Young people - 1873 - 680 Seiten
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, Bat judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, By summer never dried, Has cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. A nameless man,... | |
 | 1875 - 780 Seiten
...both be borne. Come, neighbors, your hands here — WE ARK BROTHERS ALL. — Hebrew Leader, New York. A nameless man amid a crowd That thronged the daily...mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart ; A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory breathIt raised a brother from the dust, It... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 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...well, by summers never dried. Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought; 't was old, and yet 't... | |
 | Hymns - 1875 - 336 Seiten
...never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside. A nameless man, amid the crowd, That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied, from the heart. A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath, It raised a brother from the dust,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 Seiten
...walled it iii, and hung with care a laille at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo! the well, by summers never dried, Hud cooled ten thousand paivhed tongues, and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought... | |
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