 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.  Everley [by miss Cornish]. - Sida 378efter Cornish - 1855Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1900 - 842 sidor
...far greater and more glorious destiny in the centuries that lie before us, ever remembering that " An arm of aid to the weak, A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, HO short to speak. But whose echo is endless ; The world is large, these things arc small. They may... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1902 - 598 sidor
...All. A sense of an earnest Will To help the lowly-living, — And a terrible heart-thrill, If you " have no power of giving ; " An arm of aid to the weak,...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,... | |
 | Imogen Clark - 1902 - 384 sidor
...law according to the Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. — JAMES ii. 8. AN arm of aid to the weak, A friendly hand to the...these things are small, They may be nothing, — but tbey are all. LORD HOUGHTON. f ET the love of your brethren be as a fire within you, consuming that... | |
 | 1905 - 736 sidor
...of — " A sense of an earnest Will To help the lowly-living, — And a terrible heart-thrill If you have no power of giving! An arm of aid to the weak,...words — so short to speak, But whose echo is endless " : In those simple words we have the reflection of one facet of the mind of this many-sided man. It... | |
 | Howard Benjamin Grose - 1906 - 238 sidor
...the women and children. One needs to visit the scene of such work in order to appreciate its value. "An arm of aid to the weak, A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, so swift to speak, But whose echo is endless; The world is wide; these things are small; They may be nothing;... | |
 | Lee Washington - 1907 - 250 sidor
...nothingness. BS Josselyn. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. St. Matthew v: 7. An arm of aid to the weak; A friendly hand to the...endless. The world is wide, these things are small, They might be nothing, — but they are all. RM Milnes. twenty- first Let us become spiritual, a perfect... | |
 | Henry Elmsley Busteed - 1908 - 524 sidor
...well as at home. He was ever ready to hear the cry of the unfortunate and, when he could, to give " an arm of aid to the weak, a friendly hand to the friendless " ; and, as so often happens in such cases, his secret charity and generosity to the importunate were... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 1909 - 284 sidor
...they are all. A sense of an earnest will To help the lowly living, And a terrible heart thrill. If you have no power of giving An arm of aid to the weak,...words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless. These are verses to set as jewels in the heart, but while the noblest poets are ostracised, we find... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1910 - 872 sidor
...RM MILNM. A sense of an earnest will To help the lowly living, And a terrible heart-thrill, If you have no power of giving; An arm of aid to the weak,...small, They may be nothing — but they may be all. SURLY TIM'S TROUBLE.— FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. This pathetic reading, in tho Lancashire dialect,... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 1910 - 290 sidor
...they are all. A sense of an earnest will To help the lowly living. And a terrible heart thrill. If you have no power of giving An arm of aid to the weak,...words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless. These are verses to set as jewels in the heart, but while the noblest poets are ostracised, we find... | |
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