 AT the gate of the West I stand, ^^ On the isle where the nations throng. We call them " scum o' the earth "; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land? — You, like a Hermes so lissome and strong Fresh from the Master Praxiteles  City Club Bulletin - Page 191913Full view - About this book
 | American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...the nations throng. We call them ' scum o' the earth ' ; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land? — You, like a Hermes so lissome...in story and song — Who combed their long hair at Thermopylse's pass? Ah, I forget the straits, alas! More tragic than theirs, more compassion-worth,... | |
 | Railroads - 1913 - 1430 pages
...a Hermes so lissome and strong Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land ? — Fresh from the master Praxiteles' hand ? So you're...the straits, alas ! More tragic than theirs, more compassion- worth That have doomed you to march in our "immigrant class" Where you're nothing but "scum... | |
 | Books - 1912 - 790 pages
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 | Francis Edward Clark - Austria - 1913 - 330 pages
...the nations throng. We call them " scum o' the earth" ; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land ? — You, like a Hermes so lissome...story and song — ' Who combed their long hair at Thermopylse's pass ? . . . Ah, I forget the straits, alas ! More tragic than theirs, more compassion-worth,... | |
 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - American poetry - 1913 - 252 pages
...where the nations throng. We call them "scum o' the earth"; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land? — You, like a Hermes so lissome...in story and song — Who combed their long hair at Thermopylse's pass? Ah, I forget the straits, alas! More tragic than theirs, more compassion-worth,... | |
 | Francis Edward Clark - Austria - 1913 - 330 pages
...the nations throng. We call them " scum o' the earth" ; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land ? — You, like a Hermes so lissome...strong Fresh from the master Praxiteles' hand? So you 're of Spartan birth ? Descended, perhaps, from one of the band — Deathless in story and song... | |
 | Jenkin Lloyd Jones - World War, 1914-1918 - 1916 - 180 pages
...the earth"; Stay, are we doing- yon wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land?— Yon, like a Hermes no lissome and strong Fresh from the Master Praxiteles'...in story and song— Who combed their long hair at Thermopylaes paM? . . Ah, l forget the straits, alas! More tragic than theirs, more compassion-worth,... | |
 | William Leonard Snow - Readers - 1916 - 256 pages
...the nations throng. We call them " scum o' the earth " ; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land? — You, like a Hermes so lissome...strong Fresh from the master Praxiteles' hand? So you 're of Spartan birth? Descended, perhaps, from one of the band — Deathless in story and song... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...where the nations throng. We call them "scum o' the earth"; Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow forgot the straits, alas! More tragic than theirs, more compassion-worth, That have doomed you to march... | |
 | Jean Broadhurst - Patriotic poetry - 1919 - 404 pages
...where nations throng. We call them " scum o' the earth " : Stay, are we doing you wrong, Young fellow from Socrates' land? — You, like a Hermes, so lissome...in story and song — Who combed their long hair at Thermopylse's pass — Ah, I forget the straits, alas ! More tragic than theirs, more compassion-worth,... | |
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