 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 - 1885 - 518 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 musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 338 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 - 1890 - 452 pages
...the cups of wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three timeshis 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 - English poetry - 1890 - 560 pages
...wine : And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his kingly beardhe smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. His...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 - Literature - 1890 - 328 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...unwittingly, in truth, They made his careless words his law. They knew not how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat and watched the dead leaves... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 340 pages
...kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. His words were simple words enough, Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good...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 literature - 1890 - 342 pages
...kingly beard he smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. His words were simple words enough, Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good...they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made hip careless words their law. They kuow.flofc how he learned at all, For idly, hour by hour, He sat... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 370 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 his sheep. His words were simple words enough, Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English drama - 1890 - 338 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 his sheep. His words were simple words enough, Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1890 - 562 pages
...kingly beard lie smoothed, And made him viceroy o'er his sheep. And so, well pleased with being soothed His words were simple words enough, And yet he used them so, That whrtt in other months was rough In his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth,... | |
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