 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
 | Education - 1912 - 540 pages
...and hung with care a ladle at its brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that weary toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well,...thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside. Tlease mention this Magazine when you write to advertisers. Schermerhorn Teachers' Agency The agency... | |
 | Josie Dayton Curtiss - Child welfare - 1912 - 106 pages
...Him in His work of love and advancement, becoming imbued with the spirit of "The nameless man who, amid a crowd, That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart; "A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath — It raised a brother from the dust,... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 208 pages
...ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, He passed again; and lo ! The well By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. A nameless man, amid the crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart,... | |
 | Poetry - 1912 - 440 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 well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped... | |
 | Charles Maurice Stebbins - Readers - 1913 - 488 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... | |
 | Joseph Charles Sindelar - Ideals (Psychology) - 1914 - 264 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 was new, A simple fancy of the brain, But strong... | |
 | Joseph Charles Sindelar - Ideals (Psychology) - 1914 - 264 pages
...brink; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again,—and, lo! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled ten...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside! A dreamer dropped a random thought, 'Twas old, and yet was new, A simple fancy of the brain, But strong... | |
 | 1915 - 368 pages
...in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toll might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, by...thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought ; 't was old, and yet 't was new ; A simple fancy of the brain, but... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - American poetry - 1915 - 568 pages
...on the hill, It sheds its radiance far adown, And cheers the valley still. A nameless man, amid the crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, Unstudied from the heart; — A whisper tm the tumult thrown, A transitory breath, — It raised a brother from the... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 658 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 well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped... | |
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