 Is it so, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer most? That the strongest wander farthest, and more hopelessly are lost ? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain ? —...  The Philosophy of Hope - Page 24by David Starr Jordan - 1902 - 35 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 664 pages
...His place, in all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer hills, la that his grave is green. The mark of rank in Nature Is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer Makes the sweetness of the strain. 31. C. HUOUKS. Beside a bubbling fountain in the forest wild I lay.... | |
 | Sarah Williams - Christian poetry - 1868 - 362 pages
...so, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer most ? That the strongest wander farthest, and more hopelessly are lost ? That the mark of rank in nature...is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain ? — . " I have many things to tell you, but ye cannot bear them... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - Politicians - 1870 - 292 pages
...these things. How well has a poetess, a girl like herself, expressed all that Ruth endured, — For the mark of rank, in nature, is capacity for pain ; And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain. Ruth's anguish, however, was not expressed in poetry, but in hard... | |
 | Henry Hawley Smart - 1875 - 306 pages
...than those who gain the badge of heroism in a few hours or minutes of passionate excitement, " For the mark of rank in nature, is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer, makes the sweetness of the strain." " Oh ! Bessie darling, I am so sorry;" cried Aunt Clem. " We must... | |
 | Emily Katharine Bates - 1879 - 344 pages
...true, O Christ in heaven, That the highest suffer most ? That the strongest wander farthest, And more hopelessly are lost ? That the mark of rank in nature...capacity for pain ? And the anguish of the singer Makes the sweetness of the strain ? ' Is it true, O Christ in heaven, That, whichever way we go, Walls... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1879 - 634 pages
...utterly unselfish love ; and I hardly know whether the capacity is a curse or a blessing. Is it true that — " ' The mark of rank in Nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain' ?" " I am afraid it is. I am afraid I acted with great cruelty towards... | |
 | Robert Nourse - 1879 - 256 pages
...appreciation. " The highest suffer most, The strongest wander farthest and more hopelessly are lost, The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain." A Christian's moral sense is so quickened, the law of God, in its... | |
 | Bishop Oscar Penn Fitzgerald - California - 1881 - 302 pages
...deep for me; it was too deep for her. But somehow it does seem that the highest suffer most : The sign of rank in Nature Is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer Makes the sweetness of the strain. The victory of her faith was complete. If the inevitable why f sometimes... | |
 | Bishop Oscar Penn Fitzgerald - California - 1881 - 302 pages
...for me ; it was too deep for her. But somehow it does seem that the highest suffer most : The sign of rank in Nature Is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer Makes the sweetness of the strain. The victory of her faith was complete. If the inevitable why? sometimes... | |
 | F G. Marchant - 1883 - 422 pages
...true, 0 Christ in heaven I that the highest suffer most ? That the strongest wander farther, and more hopelessly are lost ? That the mark of rank in nature...is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain ? " It is even кo. As the author of " Ecce Deus " has told us, "Suffering... | |
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