| Charles Dent Bell - 1889 - 378 pages
...lays ; Still, beneath their feather'd breast, Stirs a history unexpress'd. Matthew Arnold. " Poor race of men ! " said the pitying Spirit, " Dearly ye pay...inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all." Moore. AND now there was a great pleasure in store for me. A letter came from England, to say that... | |
| Josiah Clifton Firth - Frontier And Pioneer Life --new Zealand - 1890 - 440 pages
...Maories possessed have been almost obliterated, whilst their bad ones are intensified. Poor race of men, Dearly ye pay for your primal fall. Some flowrets...inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all. Who can look without pity upon a race once so full of promise, now so full of woe ? And yet Christian... | |
| Indiana State Board of Health - Public health - 1890 - 346 pages
...gate — " ' Poor racs of men,' said the pitying spirit, ' Dearly ye pay for your primal fall ; Home flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all!' " CAN THE AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE BE LENGTHENED BY PROPER SANITARY REGULATIONS? BY W. DANIEL, COHYDON,... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
..."Poor race of Men l" said the pitying Spirit, "Dearly ye pay for your primal fall — Some flowerets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the Serpent is over them all !" She wept — the air grew pure and clear Around her, as the bright drops ran ; For there's a magic... | |
| Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1891 - 846 pages
...Poor race of men.' said the pitying spirit, •Dearly ye pay for your primeval fall ; Some flowerets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all.' " The migrations, the changes of location of our people have been wonderful, and preguant with wonderful... | |
| Frederick Edward Hulme - Christian art and symbolism - 1892 - 246 pages
...tree of life full of malignant subtlety and evil power, the sad symbol of enmity to good and God. " Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all." l The winged serpent was probably suggested by the passage in Isaiah that refers to the "fiery flying... | |
| United States. Congress - 1892 - 138 pages
..." Poor race of man," said the pitying spirit, " Dearly ye pay for your primal fall ; Some flowerets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all." Of humble origin, with poverty as an heritage, and at a tender age, Judge HOUK was left without a father's... | |
| Joseph Hatton - 1892 - 432 pages
..." Poor race of men ! said the pitying spirit, Dearly ye pay for your primal fall — Some flowerets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the Serpent is over them all." Moore. Ax . last came the opening of the Assize, on a day that might have been the first day of summer.... | |
| United States. Congress - 1892 - 136 pages
..." Poor race of man," said the pitying spirit, " Dearly ye pay for your primal fall ; Some flowerets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all." Of humble origin, with poverty as an heritage, and at a tender age, Judge HOUK was left without a father's... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...wretch, who meets The glaring of those large blue eyes Amid the darkness of the streets ! "Poor race of men ! " said the pitying spirit, "Dearly ye pay...inherit. But the trail of the serpent is over them all ! " She wept — the air grew pure and clear Around her, as the bright drops ran, For there's a mngic... | |
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