 TEMPTED YES, I know what you say : Since it cannot be soul to soul, Be it flesh to flesh, as it may ; But is Earth the whole ? Shall a man betray the Past For all Earth gives ? " But the Past is dead ? " At last, It is all that lives.  The Poems of Edward Rowland Sill - Page 249by Edward Rowland Sill - 1902 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1899 - 978 pages
...find a place among the poets of America. A single selection will suggest the quality of the volume : TEMPTED Yes, I know what you say : Since it cannot...Or to swear I will keep my soul Clean for her kiss ? EDUCATION Child Life is a serious title for a First Reader. The reason why the authors, Etta Austin... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - American poetry - 1899 - 116 pages
...my lonely way, To know you noble, sweet, and pure, Great in least service, day by day. TEMPTED ES, I know what you say : Since it cannot be soul to soul,...Or to swear I will keep my soul Clean for her kiss ? 6 ALONE TILL earth turns and pulses stir, And each day hath its deed ; But if I be dead to her, What... | |
 | Literature - 1899 - 480 pages
...allow ourselves, for it too is suggestive, and of the poet's personality as well as his power: TKMPTKD. Yes, I know what you say ;. Since it cannot be soul to soul, He it flesh to flesh, as it may ; But is Earth the whole ? Shall a man betray the Past For all Earth... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 966 pages
...footprints; then I doubt. Waken me from this sleep I Strike fearless, let the naked truth-edge gleam ! On ? FORCE THE stars know a secret They do not tell; And morn brings a message Hidden well. There 'sa... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1900 - 954 pages
...beautiful old past I keep, I am a phantom, and all mortals seem But phantoms, and my life fades as a dream. TEMPTED YES, I know what you say: Since it cannot...«' But the Past is dead ? " At last. It is all that livea. Which were the nobler goal, — To snatch at the moment's bliss, Or to swear I will keep my... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1901 - 964 pages
...beautiful old past I keep, I am a phantom, and all mortals seem But phantoms, and my life fades as a dream. nts through the wood, Cool for the dutiful weighing...fast in mine; But now when the noon is no more, and ? FORCE THE stars know a secret They do not tell; And morn brings a message Hidden well. There 'sa... | |
 | Literature - 1899 - 478 pages
...allow ourselves, for it too is suggestive, and of the poet's personality as well as his power: TEHPTBD. Yes, I know what you say : Since it cannot be soul...Or to swear I will keep my soul Clean for her kiss ? For a twofold reason we welcome Hermione and Other Poems — for our own pleasure in its perusal... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - American poetry - 1906 - 468 pages
...world What it almost dies to know : Or wait — and the wise old world will say, " I knew it long ago." TEMPTED YES, I know what you say : Since it cannot...Or to swear I will keep my soul Clean for her kiss ? FORCE THE stars know a secret They do not tell ; And morn brings a message Hidden well. There 'sa... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - History - 1906 - 458 pages
...world What it almost dies to know : Or wait — and the wise old world will say, u I knew it long ago." TEMPTED YES, I know what you say : Since it cannot...Or to swear I will keep my soul Clean for her kiss ? FORCE THE stars know a secret They do not tell ; And morn brings a message Hidden well. There 'sa... | |
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