 If you have no power of giving ; — An arm of aid to the weak ; — A friendly hand to the friendless ; — Kind words so short to speak, But whose echo is endless — The world is wide ; these things are small ; They may be nothing, but they are all.  Poems of many years - Sida 95efter Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1838Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Emma Sheppard - 1809 - 104 sidor
...day, and the eager anticipation of how many apples, &c., will fall to the share of each. To them " The world is wide, — these things are small ; They may be nothing; but they are all." I hear the loud ' whisper of joy run electrically through the line when they catch sight of me, even... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 300 sidor
...weak, . A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless : The world is wide, — these things are small, They may be nothing, but they are All. The moment we think we have learnt The lore of the all-wise One, By which we could stand unburnt, On... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 306 sidor
...weak, A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless : The world is wide, — these things are small, They may be nothing, but they are All. The moment we think we have learnt The lore of the all-wise One, By which we could stand unburnt, On... | |
 | 1865 - 838 sidor
...weak, A friendly hand to the friendless. Kind words, eo short to speak. But whose echo is endless ; The world is wide ; these things are small ; They may be nothing ; but they may be all. WE close with the usual offerings to the children. HEADING Tin: BIBLE. " Oh, grandpa, dear,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1845 - 614 sidor
...is entered By a light that is lit above, Where the God of Nature has centred The beauty of Love. — The world is wide — these things are small — They may be nothing— but they are all. ' A look that is telling a tale, Which looks alone dare tell ; When a check is no longer pale, That has... | |
 | 1845 - 602 sidor
...seems to unlock Treasures unknown as yet, And the bitter-sweet first shock, One can never forget; — The world is wide — these things are small — They may be nothing — but they are all.' — Poems of Many Years. We cannot, we must not, believe that the author of these fond lines would... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1845 - 602 sidor
...seems to unlock Treasures unknown as yet, And the bitter-sweet first shock, One can never forget; — The world is wide — these things are small — They may be nothing — but they are all.' — Poems of Many Years. We cannot, we must not, believe that the author of these fond lines would... | |
 | 1846 - 302 sidor
...MILNES. I lie in a heavy trance, With a world of dream without me ; Shapes of shadows dance In waving bands about me. But at times some mystic things Appear...a light that is lit above, Where the God of nature is centered, The beauty of love — The world is wide; these things are small ; They may be nothing,... | |
 | 1846 - 308 sidor
...A friendly hand to the friendless ; — Kind words so short to speak, But whose echo is endless — The world is wide ; these things are small ; They may be nothing, but they are all. The moment we think we have learnt The love of the All-wise One, By which we could stand unburnt On... | |
 | 1895 - 666 sidor
...measure of desert 1 She loved him like an eager child That knows not how it loves, or why. J. 0. M. The world is wide, These things are small, They may be nothing, But they are all. C. 8. M. The following lines appear as a quotation in the Memoriam column of the Standard of Dec. 20,... | |
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