 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1860 - 700 sider
...heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than breadth, more depth than length. Let but the sport of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows... | |
 | 1862 - 670 sider
...heurt, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may make the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and barns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no heat... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 sider
...fiend I There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more hight than breadth, more depth than length, Let but this...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may make the sleek, fut phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no... | |
 | 1868 - 604 sider
...or fiend ? There is strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine. Which has more hight than breadth, more depth than length ; Let but this...that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no heat — a flash, but not a blaze ! II.... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 422 sider
...fiend? There is a strength Which dies, if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more weight than breadth, more depth than length. Let but this...that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no heat — a flash, but not a blazo ! * It... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 392 sider
...be mine, And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine — Light, but no heat— a flash, but not a blaze ! * It may be interesting to note that, while in the English of the Prodigal Son about one hundred... | |
 | 1872 - 420 sider
...Sung by some fay or fiend ! There is a strength \\ hich dies if stretched too far or spun too 6ne, Which has more height than breadth, more depth than...that will may take the sleek, fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine ; Light, but not heat — a flash without a blaze. Nor is... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 sider
...heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than...that will may take the sleek fat phrase Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine— Nor is it mere strength that the short word bout: : It... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 sider
...heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some fay or fiend ? There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than...that will 'may take the sleek fat phrase Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shineTHE BIBLE. Nor is it mere strength that the short word boasts... | |
 | William Mathews - 1876 - 474 sider
...heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend. There is a strength Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than...that will may take the sleek, fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine, — Light, but no heat— a flash, but not a blaze! Nor is... | |
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... once has heard The cry for help, the tongue that all men speak, When want or woe or fear is in the throat, So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note Sung by some fay or fiend. There is a strength... 
