HEMLOCK HEROES
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
Now, ye familiar spirits; that are cull'd
Out of the powerful regions under earth,
Help me this once.
Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
And he that stands upon a slippery place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.
King John. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 138.
Giod helps those who help themselves.
Algernon Sidney—Discourse Concerning Government. Ch. II. Pt. XXIII.
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HEMLOCK
Tsuga Canadensis
Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter.
Du griinst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein, auch im Winter wenn es schneit,
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter.
O hemlock-tree! O hemlock-tree! ho w faithful are thy branches!
Green not alone in summer time,
But in the winter's frost and rime!
O hemlock-tree! O hemlock-tree! how faithful are thy branches!
August Zabnack's version of Old German
Folk Song. Trans, by | author = Longfellow
| work = The Hemlock-Tree.
HEN
Alas! my child, where is the Pen
That can do justice to the Hen?
Like Royalty, she goes her way,
Laying foundations every day,
Though not for Public Buildings, yet
For Custard, Cake and Omelette .
Or if too old for such a use
They have their fling at some abus .As when to censure Plays Unfit
Upon the stage they make a Hit
Or at elections seal the Fate
Of an Obnoxious Candidate.
No wonder, Child, we prize the Hen,
Whose Egg is Mightier than the Pen.
Oltver Herford—The Hen.
HEPATICA
Hepatica
All the woodland path is broken
By warm tints along the way,
And the low and sunny slope
Is alive with sudden hope
When there comes the silent token
Of an April day,—
Blue hepatica!
Dora Read Goodale—Hepatica.
HEROES
My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.
Antigonus I. See Plutarch—Apothegms.
Also Concerning I sis and Osiris. Ch. XXIV.
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One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
Bailey—Festus. Proem. L. 114.
Tel mattre, tel valet.
As the master so the valet.
Like master, like man.
Attributed to Chevalier Bayard by M.
Ciniber.
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| text = <poem>Ferryman ho! In the night so black
Hark to the clank of iron;
’Tis heroes of the Yser,
'Tis sweethearts of glory,
’Tis lads who are unafraid!
Ferryman, ho!
Lucien Boyer—La Maison du Passeur.
I want a hero : an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new
one.
| author = Byron
| work = Don Juan. Canto I. St. 1.
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration
of a great man.
Carlyle—Heroes and Hero-Worship. Lecture 1.
If Hero mean sincere man, why may not every
one of us be a Hero?
Carlyle—Heroes and Hero-Worship. Lecture IV.
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among Mankind.
Carlyle—Sartor Besartus. Organic Filaments.
II faut etre bien heros pour l'etre aux yeux de
son valet-de-chambre.
A man must indeed be a hero to appear such
in the eyes of his valet.
Marshal Catinat.
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is He's of stature somewhat low—
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
Churchill—The Rosciad. L. 1,029.
II n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-dechambre.
No man is a hero to his valet.
Mme. de Cornuel. See Mlle. Aisse—Letters. 161. (Paris, 1853.)
| seealso = (See also Antigonus, Bayard, Goethe, La Bruyere, Mon*aigne, Plutarch)
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The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great are jails,
And head-winds right for royal sails.
Emerson—Essays. Heroism. Introduction.
