| C. Duxbury - 1873 - 184 pages
...There might the poet have found her who sings— Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell ? I humbly erav» Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, And asked if Peace were there. A hollow wind did seem to answer, "No : Go, seek elsewhere." I did, and,... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1874 - 458 pages
...boundless ecstasy, Eternal daughter of the skies, She mounts to heaven — and never dies! Drummond. Peace. SWEET Peace, where dost thou dwell ? I humbly...secret cave, And ask'd if Peace were there : A hollow sound did seem to answer, " No ! Go, seek elsewhere." I did, and going, did a rainbow note. " Surely,"... | |
| George Herbert - 1874 - 396 pages
...me, As if Thy blessings had spare dayes ; 30 But sueli a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise. 95. If PEACE. Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell, I humbly...secret cave, And ask'd if Peace were there. A hollow winde did seem to answer, 'No; 5 I did; and going did a rainbow note : Surely, thought I, This is the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...night. Man is his own Star, and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man. JOHN FLETCHER. PEACE. SWEET Peace, where dost thou dwell ? I humbly...me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave; And asked, if Peace were there. A hollow wind did seem to answer, "Not Go, seek elsewhere." I did; and,... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...is my choice ; for why ? — I find No wealth is like a, quiet mind. Unknown * 7O * THE SEARCH FOR PEACE SWEET Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly...thee in a secret cave, And ask'd, if Peace were there ? 13 surfeits, sickens 22 trook that, bear easily what A hollow wind did seem to answer, ' No : —... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...night. Han is his own Star, and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man. ix FLETCHER. PEACE. SWEET Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought theo in a secret cave; And asked, if Peace were there. A hollow wind did seem to answer, "Ko! Go, seek... | |
| a.b. grosart - 1876 - 606 pages
...Thy blessings had spare dayes; 30 But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise. 95. 1 PEACE. |WEET Peace, where dost thou dwell, I humbly crave ? Let...secret cave, And ask'd if Peace were there. A hollow winde did seem to answer, ' No; 5 Go seek elsewhere.' I did ; and going did a rainbow note: Surely,... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...This is my choice ; for why? — I find No wealth is like a quiet mind. Unknown * 70 * THE SEARCH FOR PEACE SWEET Peace, where dost thou dwell ? I humbly...thee in a secret cave, And ask'd, if Peace were there ? 13 sitrft'ifs, sickens 22 bror'h that, bear easily what 31 at will, at command I craw, bug to know... | |
| Violet Fletcher (fict.name.) - 1877 - 234 pages
...' Peace,' " replied Miss Carew. Violet turned over the pages, and having found the poem, read — " Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave,...me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, And asked if Peace were there. A hollow wind did seem to answer — No; Go seek elsewhere. "I did; and... | |
| John Armstrong (Physician & Poet.) - 1880 - 692 pages
...pleaseth me : As if thy blessings had spare days : But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy praise. PEACE. SWEET Peace, where dost thou dwell \ I humbly...hollow wind did seem to answer, No : Go seek elsewhere. i_ I did ; and going did a rainbow note : Surely, thought I, This is the lace of Peace's coat : I will... | |
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