 | 1872 - 810 pages
...the Lincoln whom the poet had already revealed to us : — "Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed, One whose meek flock the people joyed to be. Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I His was no lonely... | |
 | 1865 - 654 pages
...§omo worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old World mould aside she threw, And, choo>ing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West,...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I They new that outward... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 518 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old- World mould aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward... | |
 | 1879 - 692 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Eepeating us by rote : For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1867 - 472 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old- World mould aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind iadeed, Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...man, Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote ; For him the old-world mold aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. . 4. How beautiful to see And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward grace is dust;... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...man, Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote ; For him the old-world mold aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. 4. How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed, Who loved his charge, but never loved... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1868 - 300 pages
...man, Save on some worn-out plan, Eepeating as by rote : For him her Old- World mould aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast, Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1869 - 524 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 pages
...Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old World moulds aside she threw, Aud, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead; One whoso meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained... | |
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Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new,... 
