But Ruth is still a Friend at heart; she keeps the simple tongue, The cheerful, kindly nature we loved when she was young; And it was brought upon my mind, remembering her, of late, That we on dress and outward things perhaps lay too much weight. I once... The Poems - 266. oldalszerző: Bayard Taylor - 1866 - 419 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Charles Francis Jenkins - 1893 - 314 oldal
...like mine, — young people now-a-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. But Ruth is still a Friend at heart; she keeps the...much weight. I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothed with grace, And pure, almost, as angels are, may have a homely face. And dress may be of less... | |
| Julian Hawthorne, William Leonard Lemmon - 1891 - 376 oldal
...her ways are not like mine, — young people nowadays Have fallen sadly off, I think,'from all the good old ways. XVI. But Ruth is still a Friend at...dress and outward things perhaps lay too much weight. XVII. I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothed with grace, And pure, almost, as angels are,... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 966 oldal
...like mine, — young people now-a-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. ld, From angels bending near the earth To touch their...all-grncions King ! " The world in solemn stillness clothed with grace, And pure almost as angels are, may have a homely face. And dress may be of less... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 oldal
...young people now-a-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. But Ruth is etill a Friend at heart; she keeps the simple tongue, The...much weight. I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothed with grace, And pure almost as angels are, may have a homely face. And dress may be of less... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1901 - 964 oldal
...like mine, — young people now-a-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. nder hand That slipped at dawn, almost without a sign,...my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, or tide, or clothed with grace, And pure almost as angels are, may have a homely face. And dress may be of less... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 oldal
...mind, rememsaid, and then there came A holy strength upon niy heart, and I could sav the same. bering the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife, By the roads used to blush when he came near, but I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit then I show'd no sign;... | |
| Bayard Taylor - 1902 - 420 oldal
...her ways are not like mine, — young people now-a-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. XVI But Ruth is still a Friend at heart...dress and outward things perhaps lay too much weight. XVII I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothed with grace, And pure, almost, as angels are, may... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1905 - 872 oldal
...not like mine — young people nowa-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. But Ruth is still a Friend at heart ; she keeps the...dress and outward things perhaps lay too much weight. And dress may be of less account; the Lord will look within: The soul it is that testifies of righteousness... | |
| Bayard Taylor - 1907 - 418 oldal
...like mine, — young people now-a-days Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. But Ruth is still a Friend at heart ; she keeps the...dress and outward things perhaps lay too much weight. xvn I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothed with grace, And pure, almost, as angels are, may... | |
| 1910 - 528 oldal
...not like mine, — young people nowadays Have fallen sadly off, I think, from all the good old ways. But Ruth is still a Friend at heart ; she keeps the...much weight. I once heard Jesse Kersey say, a spirit clothed with grace, And pure almost as angels are, may have a homely face. And dress may be of less... | |
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