 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
 | Carrie Josephine Smith - Readers - 1917 - 328 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. — Charles Mackay.... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Elocution - 1917 - 328 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. 3 A nameless... | |
 | Edwin Orin Wood - Mackinac - 1918 - 808 pages
...of the deed he did, But judged that all might drink. He passed again, and, lo, the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues...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;... | |
 | Edwin Orin Wood - Mackinac Island - 1918 - 814 pages
...of the deed he did, But judged that all might drink. He passed again, and, lo, the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues...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;... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, . But judged ex2R/ summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues, And saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped... | |
 | Robert Gracey Ferguson - Baccalaureate addresses - 1919 - 300 pages
...great — a watch-fire on the hill, It sheds its radiance for a dawn, and cheers the valley still. A nameless man, 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, it... | |
 | Mrs. Mary Louise Cutter Jones Hastings - 1919 - 232 pages
...; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. — Isa. xli. 6. 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 on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath, — It raised a brother from the... | |
 | Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest - Fire insurance - 1921 - 288 pages
...of the deed he did, But judged that all might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, By summer never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues,...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,... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - History - 1921 - 720 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... | |
 | Bertrand Lyon - Oratory - 1925 - 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. — SELECTED. And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me... | |
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