And the end is so far beyond our sight, And we find at the end of the race that we've run So most of us travel at very poor speed; Is it strange that a heart once brave and strong But if one grateful heart can say Than if all the world rang with our praises; For the good that is done, it never will fade Though the work be wrought and the wages paid, And the lifeless form of the laborer laid All peacefully under the daisies. INDEX. LONGER QUOTATIONS. Accursed be the fagots that blaze at his feet... Ah! mercy on my soul.... A hurry of hoofs in the village street. Alas! how light a cause.... Alas! sir, in what have I offended you?.. 231 Call me their traitor !—Thou injurious Tribune. 194 216 |