 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
 | Readers - 1910 - 624 pages
...not 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,... | |
 | Recitations - 1910 - 528 pages
...not 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,... | |
 | Calendars - 1910 - 442 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...thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside. LORD HOUGHTON. O Lord, our Heavenly Father, who hast almighty power, and needest not that any man help... | |
 | Ella Lyman Cabot - Conduct of life - 1910 - 296 pages
...never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched 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, It raised a brother from the dust, It saved a soul from death. O genn! 0 fount! O word of... | |
 | Ella Lyman Cabot - Conduct of life - 1910 - 298 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,... | |
 | American literature - 1911 - 482 pages
...not 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,... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - American literature - 1911 - 472 pages
...not 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,... | |
 | Anthologies - 1911 - 460 pages
...issue great: A watch-fire on the hill, It sheds its radiance far adown, 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... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - American literature - 1911 - 936 pages
...not of the deed he did. But judged that all might drink. He paused again, and lo! the well. By summer never dried. Had cooled ten 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 strong... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - American literature - 1911 - 470 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, And saved a life beside. • , .-: ,-t •, -.- : • - , . 11 ', ' A nameless man, amid a crowd That thronged the daily mart,... | |
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