 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
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens - 1906 - 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...their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall, 5 Or mused upon a common flower. It seemed... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy - 1907 - 134 pages
...To hear between the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, His words were simple words enough, And yet he used...other mouths was rough In his seemed musical and low. 20 Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth.... | |
 | Europe - 1908 - 554 pages
...a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. That what in other mouths was rough In his seemed...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 - 1908 - 186 pages
...the cups of wine And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, 15 Three times his kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er...And yet he used them so, That what in other mouths were rough 20 In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1909 - 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...him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw j And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made his careless words their law. They knew not how he learned... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - Readers, American - 1909 - 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...used them so, That what in other mouths was rough Men called him but a shiftless youth In whom no good they saw; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - Readers - 1909 - 420 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 Men called him but a shiftless youth In whom no good they saw; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - Readers - 1910 - 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...yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made his careless wo/ds their law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1910 - 424 pages
...kingly beard he smoothed. And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. 5 His words were simple words enough, 6 Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good...in truth, They made his careless words their law. 7 They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves fall,... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - English literature - 1911 - 686 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... | |
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