 A little spring had lost its way amid the grass and fern, A passing stranger scooped a well, where weary men might turn ; He walled it in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink. He...  The Rhode Island Educational Magazine - Page 133edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Edgar Mortimer Levy - History - 1869 - 144 pages
...CHURCH . .113 PART VII. GROWTH FROM EFFORT 133 THE BAPTIST CITY MISSION OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. ORIGIN. ' A nameless man amid a crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall the words of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart. A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory... | |
 | James Fleming - 1870 - 792 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the...summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongue?, And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought, 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle on the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again ; and lo ! the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside. A nameless man,... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...walled it in, and hang with care A ladle on the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again ; and lo ! the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside. A nameless man,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - Recitations - 1871 - 200 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the...thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 't was old, and yet 't was new ; The thought was small, its issue... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...care a ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink, lie gh the roof ! It's, 0, to be a slave Along with the...woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christia dreamer dropped a random thought; 'twas old, and yet Ч was new ; A simple fancy of the brain, but... | |
 | Baptists - 1872 - 444 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink. He thought not of the deed he did. But judged that toil might drink. He passed again— and lo!...thousand parching tongues And saved a life beside ! A dreamer dropped a random thought, 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new — A simple fancy of the brain, But... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1872 - 194 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at its brink : He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the...cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a lilts beside. A nameless man, amid a crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall the words of hope... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...issue great, A watch fire on the hill ; It sheds its radiance far adown, And cheers the valley still ! soul of one oppressive weight, This quits an empire, that embroils a state. hops and love, Unstudied from the heart ; A whisper on the tumult tlirown, A transitory breath, It... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...did, but judged that toil might drhik. He passed again, and lo ! the well, by summers never ilrii'd, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought; 'twas old, and yet Ч was new ; A simple fancy of the brain, but... | |
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