 ... round word, Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak, To whom can this be true who once has heard The cry for help, the tongue that all men speak, When want or woe or fear is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2751862Full view - About this book
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1860 - 700 pages
...or fear is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend...height than breadth, more depth than length. Let but the sport of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 604 pages
...out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend I There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more hight than breadth, more depth than length, Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And he... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - English language - 1862 - 600 pages
...fear, is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend !...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat, phrase, Which glows but burns not, though it beam and shine — Light, but no... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - English language - 1862 - 640 pages
...fear, is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend! There is a strength Which dies if stretehed too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than breadth, more depth than length. Let... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - English language - 1866 - 602 pages
...out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend 1 There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far...Which has more height than breadth, more depth than lengllu Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - English language - 1867 - 606 pages
...fear, is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend ! There is a strength Which dies if stretehed too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than breadth, more depth than length. Let... | |
 | Education - 1868 - 604 pages
...or fear is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine. Which has more hight than breadth, more... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 422 pages
...or fear is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange, wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend?...stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more weight than breadth, more depth than length. Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, And... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 422 pages
...fiend? There is a strength Which dies, if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more weight than breadth, more depth than length. Let but this...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no heat... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1870 - 396 pages
...gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange, wild note, Sung by some fny or fiend ? There is a strength Which dies, if stretched too far or span too fine, Which has more weight than breadth, more depth than length. Let but this force of thought... | |
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