 | 1928 - 480 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy ; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries, A man that matched... | |
 | 1900 - 848 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff, It was a stuff to wear for centuries, A man that matched... | |
 | 1909 - 632 pages
...darkening as It hnrrled on. She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...It all a strain of prophecy; Tempered the heap with thrill of human tears; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. Into the shape she breathed a... | |
 | 1902 - 918 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...the genial heat of earth, Dashed through it all a drain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious si uff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries,... | |
 | 1915 - 220 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...Clay warm yet with the genial heat of Earth, Dashed thru it all a strain of prophecy: Tempered the heap with thrill of human tears; Then mixed a laughter... | |
 | Republican Club of the City of New York - 1900 - 76 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries. A man that matched... | |
 | 1900 - 76 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries. A man that matched... | |
 | 1900 - 616 pages
...descended, but the marvel of a man arising, made of world-stuff and of what Is essentially human:— " She took the tried clay of the common road — Clay...earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy: Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff." And the result:— " It was a stuff to wear for centuries,... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1902 - 782 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down. To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy ; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries, A man that matched... | |
 | 1902 - 708 pages
...darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road —...Earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. ****** The color of the ground was in him, the red earth;... | |
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LINCOLN, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE WHEN the Norn Mother saw the Whirlwind Hour, Greatening and darkening as it hurried on, She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road — Clay... 
