 I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt. Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about : For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather!...  The Living Age - Page 6621909Full view - About this book
 | Louis Albert Banks - 1928 - 168 pages
...Advocate quotes these stanzas from Browning: "/ crossed a moor, with a name of its own, And a certain use in the world, no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone, 'Mid the blank miles round about: "For there I picked up on the heather, And there 1 put inside my... | |
 | Military Academy, West Point - 1934 - 964 pages
...started at— My starting moves your laughter! I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about: For there I picked up on the heather, And there I put Inside my breast... | |
 | Samuel Scoville - 1920 - 312 pages
...Beside the nest was one barred tail-feather. I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about: For there I picked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast... | |
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