 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 - 1900 - 188 pages
...his singing not too bad To hear between the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed His words were simple words enough, And yet he used...other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. to Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Poetry - 1900 - 186 pages
...his singing not too bad To hear between the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed His words were simple words enough, And yet he used...other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. so Men called him but a shiftless youth. In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - Readers - 1901 - 526 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... | |
 | William James Stillman - Authors, American - 1901 - 398 pages
...him was such as to disarm hostility, it happened that he was never made the object of aggression. " Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good...yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made his careless word their law. " Men granted that his speech was wise, But, when a glance they caught Of his slim... | |
 | William James Stillman - Journalists - 1901 - 350 pages
...him was such as to disarm hostility, it happened that he was never made the object of aggression. " Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good...yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made his careless word their law. Men granted that his speech was wise, But, when a glance they caught Of his slim grace... | |
 | Sherman Williams - Readers - 1902 - 504 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...what in other mouths was rough, In his seemed musical aud low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - American literature - 1903 - 572 pages
...the cups of wine: And so, well-pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, 1s Three times his kingly beard he smoothed. And made him viceroy o'er...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough A In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw; And... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Mythology - 1903 - 510 pages
..." for the Subject of a short poem. He makes that event the first introduction of poetry to men : " Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good...in truth, They made his careless words their law. " And day by day more holy grew Each spot where he had trod, Till after-poets only knew Their first-born... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 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... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Burt - American poetry - 1904 - 394 pages
...with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, 172 Poems That Every Child Should Know 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... | |
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