 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1887 - 186 pàgines
...Filling the silences again — The cricket's call, And the wee cot, Dear Lord of all, Deny me not! 37 I pray not that Men tremble at My power of place And...day to day — Yield me his horny palm to hold, And PI! not pray For gold; — The tanned face, garlanded with mirth, It hath the kingliest smile on earth... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1890 - 184 pàgines
...Filling the silences again — The cricket's call, And the wee cot, Dear Lord of all, Deny me not ! I pray not that Men tremble at My power of place And...diamonded with sweat, Hath never need of coronet. And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr,... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1891 - 178 pàgines
...her Filling the silences again The cricket's call, And the wee cot, Dear Lord of all, Deny me not ' I pray not that Men tremble at My power of place And...my neighbor in the face Full honestly from day to dayYield me his homy palm to hold, And I'll not pray For gold ;— The tanned face, garlanded with... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1893 - 168 pàgines
...— I only pray for simple grace To look my neighbor in the face Full honestly from day to dayYield me his horny palm to hold, And I'll not pray For gold...diamonded with sweat, Hath never need of coronet. And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr,... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1897 - 178 pàgines
...her Filling the silences again The cricket's call, And the wee cot, Dear Lord of all, Deny me not 1 I pray not that Men tremble at My power of place And...diamonded with sweat, Hath never need of coronet. And so I reach, , Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 466 pàgines
...is another illustration of his tender simplicity which makes magic effects. Riley believes that — "The tanned face, garlanded with mirth, It hath the...diamonded with sweat, Hath never need of coronet." He is a genuine people's poet; and although his work suffers here and there from prolixity and suggests... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1898 - 212 pàgines
...her Filling the silences again — The cricket's call And the wee cot, Dear Lord of all, Deny me not! IKE WALTON'S PRAYER I pray not that Men tremble at...diamonded with sweat, Hath never need of coronet. And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr,... | |
 | James Whitcomb Riley - 1898 - 212 pàgines
...And the wee cot, Dear Lord of all, Deny me not! I pray not that Men tremble at IKE WALTON'S PRAYER My power of place And lordly sway,— I only pray...diamonded with sweat, Hath never need of coronet. And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr,... | |
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I pray not that Men tremble at My power of place And lordly sway, — I only pray for simple grace To look my neighbor in the face Full honestly from day to day — Yield me his horny palm to hold, And I'll not pray For gold; — The tanned face, garlanded... 
