 They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower.  Poems - Page 109by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half.sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough In hie seemed musicahind low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 450 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 294 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - History - 1876 - 276 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall,... | |
 | Alicia Amy Leith - Gift books - 1877 - 292 pages
...light obscuring, That light dissolved the mist of tears, And proved the more enduring. -john Afoultrie. HIS words were simple words enough, And yet he used...other mouths was rough, In his seemed musical and low. June llth. WHILE amidst the turmoil thou dost live, Still shalt thou win the game, and unto thee Defeat... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...: And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly Ix-ardhe smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. His...simple words enough, And yet he used them so, That wiiat in other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth,... | |
 | English poetry - 1878 - 300 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well-pleased with being soothed, Into a, sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well-pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Tbree times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...enough, And yet he used them so, That what in other moutbs was rough In hie seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good... | |
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