...Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wait ; if feasting, rise before I turn away ; it is the hour of fate And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death ; while those...

...Hovel, and mart, and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, A nd they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those...

...Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise, before I turn away. It is the hour...implore; I answer not, and I return no more." The voice of the reader shook into silence as the last sounding phrase rolled from his lips, momentous...

...Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late, I knock unbidden once on every gate. If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before I turn away; it is the hour...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more. The date of first appearance of this sonnet is not known to the editors. It is extracted here from Professor...

...and mart and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! JOHN JAMES INGALLS. PROEM SOME said, "He was strong." He was weak; For he never could sing or speak...

...Hovel, and mart, and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more. Things Are All Right ANONYMOUS. Let the howlers howl, and the growlers growl, and the prowlers prowl,...

...Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! (IS0 ivordsl N0TE.— This sonnet on Opportunity was written by the late John J. Ingalls, formerly...

...and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake ! — if feasting, rise before I turn away ! It is the hour...every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Commend to Failure, Penury and Woe, Seek me in vain, and uselessly implore — I answer not, and I...

...Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate I If sleeping, wake ; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state 57 Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to...

...Hovel, and mart, and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more. John J. Ingalls. ROCK OF AGES— THE HYMN Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in Thee. Let...