 ... round word, Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak, To whom can this be true who 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...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2751862Full view - About this book
 | Philip Schaff - 1890 - 476 pages
...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....of thought and speech 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... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 pages
...word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, Sung by some foe or fiend. There is a strength Which dies if stretched...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine— Light, but not heat,—a... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1890 - 476 pages
...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 Which dies if stretehed too far, or spun too fine, Which has more height than breadth, more depth than length : Let... | |
 | 1891 - 268 pages
...fear is in the throat. So that each word gasped out is like a shriek Pressed from the sore throat, or a strange, wild note Sung by some fay or fiend...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat phrase Which glows and burns not, though it gleam and shine ; Light, but not heat... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood - 1891 - 470 pages
...or woe, 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...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat phrase, Which glows but burns not, though it beam and shine; Light, but no heat,... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1891 - 406 pages
...or woe, 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...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, Which glows but burns hot, though it beam and shine ; Light, but no heat,... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1892 - 614 pages
...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 !...more depth than length. Let but this force of thought und speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat, phrase, Which glows but burns not, though... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney Lansing - 1892 - 224 pages
...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 ?...more height than breadth, more depth than length. -ALEXANDER 246. COMPOUND WORDS. hare bell break fast wat er-mel on fore lock bomb - shell old - fash... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 pages
...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 Which dies ¡f stretched too far or spun too fine, Which has more height than breadth, more depth than length.... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond, George Post Wheeler - 1893 - 224 pages
...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!...of thought and speech be mine, And he that will may take the sleek, fat phrase, Which glows but burns not, though it beam and shine — B. As seen in the... | |
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