 | 1882 - Страниц: 450
...Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear, As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night."1 And we do not need philosophy to tell us that this life is very short. Christianity assures... | |
 | 1871 - Страниц: 410
...I iiive feet to scale and climb. By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain.'... | |
 | 1874 - Страниц: 844
...— may it not be all vainly — As good as poor Joey to be I Punch. A PLEA. The heights of g_reat men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, white their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. — Longfellow. ALAS ! for those companions... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - Страниц: 832
...crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached, and kr.pt, Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while...eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to brighter destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, standing on its... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1860 - Страниц: 628
...Abernethy, " it is open to that objection." GAIN BY TOIL. LONGFELLOW. ÍTE heights by great men reached ar,d kept Were not attained by sudden flight } But they,...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. FLOWERS. MAItV HUWITT. GOD might h:ive made the earth bring forth Enough for great ami small } The... | |
 | 1861 - Страниц: 784
...such as the slothful have never dreamed of in their gorgeous imaginations of epicurean delights. " Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted — wholly vain — If rising on its wrecks — at last — To something NOBLER... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - Страниц: 596
...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If rising on its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain.... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - Страниц: 592
...the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by j*reat men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past, As wholly wasted — wholly vain — If rising on its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - Страниц: 308
...we to higher levels rise. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night, We may discern—unseen before— A path to higher destinies. Standing on what too long we bore With... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1851 - Страниц: 880
...life of Napoleon presents the most striking illustration of the truth of the sentiment, " 'The height* by great men reached and kept Were not attained by...flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were tailing upward in the night." One cloudless morning, just after the sun had TH« WATER-EXCURSION. risen,... | |
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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. 
