JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others, she lets us devote; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little... The Dial - Page 71redigeeritud poolt - 1860 - 778 lehteFull view - About this book
| Robert Browning - 1890 - 344 lehte
...counsellors ; what counsel they ? CHORUS. — "Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!* THE LOST LEADER. I. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for...bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed : How... | |
| 1901 - 736 lehte
...disappointment of the poet is seen in such bitter words and terrible implications as are found in these stanzas: Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for...bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed. We that... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 lehte
...And hide the shame ! JOHN «illKENLEAF WlIITTIEn. dl)c tost £eabcr. JUST for a handful of silver ho left us ; Just for a riband to stick in his coat —...bereft us. Lost all the others she lets us devote. They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed. ITow all... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 lehte
...THE LOST LEADER. Just for a handful of silver ho left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his co;it— Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others, she lets us devote; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed: How all... | |
| 1890 - 562 lehte
...the soldier's pride Touched to the quick, he said, " 1 'm killed, sire ! " And his chief beside, THE LOST LEADER. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others... | |
| Robert Browning - 1890 - 328 lehte
...righteous and wise — If 'tis proper, Scirocco should vanish In black from the skies ! illjc Cost f eober. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others... | |
| 1909 - 632 lehte
...cause of man, one for whom the temptations offered by the earth's mighty ones have proved too much. "Just for a handful of silver he left us. Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 lehte
...both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition of life. THE LOST LEADER. ROBERT BROWNING. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us. Lost all the others,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1891 - 422 lehte
...I 've better counsellors ; what counsel they ? CHORUS. — Boot, saddle, to horse, and away ! " THE LOST LEADER. Just for a handful of silver he left...bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed : How... | |
| Walter Learned - 1891 - 404 lehte
...The old man died upon the road , He never gazed on Carcassonne. Each mortal has his Carcassonne! THE LOST LEADER. JUST for a handful of silver he left us; Just for a ribbon to stick in his coatFound the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets... | |
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