 IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness ; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen...  American Education - Page 3391903Full view - About this book
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...instruments in the hand of the surgeon. In his little poem, "The Celestial Surgeon," he says: "If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness,...pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake. Or, if too obdurate, I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, The piercing pain, the killing sin And... | |
 | 1914 - 1066 pages
...not have in mind a more serious aspect of this same mood when he wrote the fa miliar lines, — If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness;...pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake. Even Stevenson called his happiness a 'great task'; and it was no wonder For him, and for many, it... | |
 | 1900 - 514 pages
...adv. by Messrs. IO Woodruff & Co., and send for literature and samples. The Celestial Surgeon. If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness;...skies Books and my food and summer rain Knocked on iny sullen heart in vain ; Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or,... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 344 pages
...page, God's bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suffice. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON. IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness...pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1887 - 204 pages
...is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. XXII . THE CELESTIAL SURGEON IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness...pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin,... | |
 | 1920 - 718 pages
...stop and look for them We miss them till we die. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON Robert Louis Stevenson If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness;...pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake AGAINST IT The present discussion about the medicinal value of beer reminds us of the old limerick:... | |
 | 1888 - 612 pages
...as a kingdom conquered, where to reign. Our last quotation must be " The Celestial Surgeon : " If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness...pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And... | |
 | 1893 - 322 pages
...page, God's bright and intricate device Of days and seasons doth suffice. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness...pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose Thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin,... | |
 | 1922 - 496 pages
...will please notify Mrs. St. John Alison Lawton, 41 South Battery, Charleston, SC, stating price. If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food and summer rain... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. XXII THE CELESTIAL SURGEON IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness;...pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And... | |
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