 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...walled it in, and hung with cure 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...dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, and laved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought ; *t was old, and yet 't was new ; A simple... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - Readers - 1925 - 748 pages
...on the hill, It shed 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 on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath — It raised a brother from the... | |
 | Poetry - 1925
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ] | |
 | Henry Neumann - American literature - 1926 - 272 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,... | |
 | William Gardiner - Conduct of life - 1927 - 328 pages
...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... | |
 | Education - 1903 - 692 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. — Charles Mackay. THE MEN and women who have the most genuine love for books are generally those... | |
 | American periodicals - 1851 - 644 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 ; 'T was old, and yet was new — A simple fancy of the brain, But... | |
 | American poetry - 1949 - 2076 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ] | |
 | American poetry - 1937 - 2066 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ] | |
| |
