The Man of the Hour

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Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 - 477 páginas
 

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Página 292 - In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul.
Página 158 - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame Through its ocean-sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
Página 477 - THE MAN ON THE BOX By HAROLD MAcGRATH Author of The Puppet Crown and The Grey Cloak This is the brightest, most sparkling book of the season, crisp as a new greenback, telling a most absorbing story in the most delightful way. There never was a book wh ch held the reader more fascinated.
Página 293 - Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul.
Página 375 - THINE eyes still shined for me, though far I lonely roved the land or sea : As I behold yon evening star, Which yet beholds not me. This morn I climbed the misty hill, And roamed the pastures through; How danced thy form before my path Amidst the deep-eyed dew ! When the redbird spread his sable wing, And showed his side of flame ; When the rosebud ripened to the rose, In both I read thy name.
Página 272 - Three lives," said Johnny in the same small, dry voice, "three lives, — thrown away because I made a fine speech ! It's a good deal for a man, who tries to be decent, to carry on his conscience all the rest of his life.

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