 Bear a lily in thy hand; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth.  Poems - Σελίδα 75των Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 413 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | BEETON - 1875 - 696 σελίδες
...text of all we have written, and we will finish with the strain of the poet's music in our ear — " Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart...dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. " O, the dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; "... | |
 | Author of Our valley, Rosebuds, The children of Seeligsberg, &c. &c. - 1875 - 202 σελίδες
...O thou child of many prayers ! Life hath quicksands, life hath snares ! Care and age come unawares. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. Oh I that dew-like balm shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth steal... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 σελίδες
...Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Rear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wund. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, I u thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of... | |
 | 1876 - 508 σελίδες
...encumbered. Gather then each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand...like balm shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, E'en as sleep our eyes doth seal •. And that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 σελίδες
...Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. 0, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 σελίδες
...Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. 0, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Townsend - 1876 - 336 σελίδες
...Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand : Gates of brass cannot withstand...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. Oh, that dew, like balm shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal... | |
 | Edith Milner - 1876 - 260 σελίδες
...The child's head rested on her shoulder. In her disengaged hand she held a lily towards her daughter. Bear a lily in thy hand, Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Heaven's golden gates had already rolled back when the mother had guided the childish hand towards... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1877 - 474 σελίδες
...uttered ? Oh, Flora, Flora ! must I find you in all things false ? " CHAPTER XXXV. THE BROKEN LILY. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. LONGFELLOW. |T was a sweet April morning ; the air fresh and fragrant with the breath of opening leaves... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 400 σελίδες
...Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand...that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who... | |
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