Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me; Give the face of earth around And the road before me. Wealth I seek not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek the heaven above And the road below me. Works: The master of Ballantrae - Page 610by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1896Full view - About this book
| Evelyn Blantyre Simpson - 1898 - 346 pages
...to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me; Give me the jolly heaven above, And the byway nigh me. Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er...the face of earth around And the road before me." —Songs of Travel. CHAPTER XI Travel Songs IN one of his essays on a walking tour in Ayrshire, Louis... | |
| 1901 - 208 pages
...Or let autumn fall on me Where afield I linger, Silencing the bird on tree, Biting the blue finger : White as meal the frosty field — Warm the fireside...Nor a friend to know me. All I ask the heaven above DORLCOTE MILL. GEORGE ELIOT. (From the "Mill on the Floss.") A wide plain, where the broadening Floss... | |
| 1902 - 494 pages
...Or let autumn fall on me Where afield I linger, Silencing the bird on tree, Biting the blue finger : White as meal the frosty field — Warm the fireside...All I ask the heaven above And the road below me. DORLCOTE MILL. GEORGE ELIOT. (From the "Mill on the Floss.") A wide plain, where the broadening Floss... | |
| Elizabeth Godfrey - 1902 - 374 pages
...I dip in the river— There's the life for a man like me, There's the life for ever. Wealth I seek not, hope, nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I ask, the heaven above And the road below me. —RL Stevenson, Your shepherd is very near to Earth. He grows up from her lap, he never quite leaves... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - 1905 - 342 pages
...see, Bread I dip in the river — There 's the life for a man like me, There 's the life for ever. Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er...face of earth around And the road before me. Wealth I seek not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me ; All I seek the heaven above And the road below me.... | |
| Alexander Hay Japp - 1905 - 338 pages
...; Bread I dip in the river — Here's the life for a man like me, Here's the life for ever. . . . " Let the blow fall soon or late ; Let what will be...Give the face of earth around And the road before me. Health I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me : All I ask the heaven above, And the road... | |
| Christianity - 1919 - 384 pages
...truth are not the symbols of peace and shelter. We can almost hear Timmai declaiming as he tramps off : "Let the blow fall soon or late, Let what will be o'er me, Give to me the life I love, And the road before me." And the pilgrims joining as in a refrain with the chorus... | |
| Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle - Fiddlers - 1906 - 488 pages
...away. , . . A nd it has walked ever since !" "IF YOUTH BUT KNEW!" CHAPTER I THE VAGABOND " Weal AI seek not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me." RL STEVENSON. THE traveller sat upon the milestone just... | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Childhood - 1907 - 124 pages
...Or let autumn fall on me Where afield I linger, Silencing the bird on tree, Biting the blue finger: White as meal the frosty field — Warm the fireside...or late, Let what will be o'er me; Give the face of tarth around, And the road before me. Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me. All... | |
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