The Toiling of Felix: And Other Poems |
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Born in Egypt , ' neath the shadow of the crumbling gods of night , He forsook the
ancient darkness , turned his young heart toward the Light . Felix was the name
they gave him , when his faith was first confessed ; But the name was unavailing
...
Born in Egypt , ' neath the shadow of the crumbling gods of night , He forsook the
ancient darkness , turned his young heart toward the Light . Felix was the name
they gave him , when his faith was first confessed ; But the name was unavailing
...
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Felt the brotherhood of labour , rising round him like the tide , Overflow his heart ,
and join him to the workers at his side . Oft he cheered them with his singing at
the breaking of the light , Told them tales of Christ at nooning , taught them words
...
Felt the brotherhood of labour , rising round him like the tide , Overflow his heart ,
and join him to the workers at his side . Oft he cheered them with his singing at
the breaking of the light , Told them tales of Christ at nooning , taught them words
...
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So when , by vision baffled and perplexed , She saw that all the world could not
be seen , And knew she could not know the whole of life Unless the hidden gates
should be unsealed , She felt imprisoned . In her heart there grew The bitter ...
So when , by vision baffled and perplexed , She saw that all the world could not
be seen , And knew she could not know the whole of life Unless the hidden gates
should be unsealed , She felt imprisoned . In her heart there grew The bitter ...
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But most of all the human voice was full Of infinite variety , and ranged Along the
scale of life's experience With changing tones , and notes both sweet and sad ,
All fitted to express some unseen thought , Some vital motion of the hidden heart .
But most of all the human voice was full Of infinite variety , and ranged Along the
scale of life's experience With changing tones , and notes both sweet and sad ,
All fitted to express some unseen thought , Some vital motion of the hidden heart .
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Not from the harsher sounds and voices wild Of anger and of anguish , that
reveal The secret strife in nature , and confess The touch of sorrow on the heart of
life ,From these her trouble came not . For in these , However sad , she felt the
note ...
Not from the harsher sounds and voices wild Of anger and of anguish , that
reveal The secret strife in nature , and confess The touch of sorrow on the heart of
life ,From these her trouble came not . For in these , However sad , she felt the
note ...
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| Վերնագիր | The Toiling of Felix: And Other Poems |
| Հեղինակ | Henry Van Dyke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Հրատարակիչ | C. Scribner's Sons, 1900 |
| Original from | Նյու Յորքի Հանրային գրադարան |
| Digitized | 10 Հունիս 2013 |
| Length | 88 էջ |
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