 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
 | Jerome Paine Bates - Conduct of life - 1886 - 882 pages
...hung with care A ladle at the brink, He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that Toil would drink. He passed again — and lo, the well, By summers...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 hrain, But strong... | |
 | Howard Sandison - Education, Primary - 1886 - 496 pages
...species. The same idea of the passing of life is given in the expression, " 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 dust,... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 564 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 summers never dried, Mad cooled ten thousand parched tongues And saved a life beside." EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY. "pvTODORUS SICULUS,... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - American literature - 1897 - 592 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... | |
 | Marian M. George - Education - 1898 - 470 pages
...brink; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, andlo! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, \nd saved a life beside. —Selected. I GENERAL EXERCISES. THINGS FOR PUPILS TO FIND OUT. Where do... | |
 | Literature - 1898 - 264 pages
...walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged Toil might drink. He passed again — and lo ! the...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... | |
 | Readers - 1898 - 266 pages
...at the brink ; He thought not of the deed he did, But judged Toil might drink. He passed again—and lo ! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled...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... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1898 - 230 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 summers never dried, Mad cooled ten thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought—'twas... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 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; 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new ; A simple fancy of the brain, Yet strong... | |
 | Ella N. Wood - 1899 - 138 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 was new, A simple fancy of the brain, but strong... | |
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