 | 1882 - 450 ページ
...crossed by pathways that appear, As we to higher levels rise. 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."1 And we do not need philosophy to tell us that this life is very short. Christianity assures... | |
 | 1871 - 410 ページ
...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...downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks,... | |
 | 1874 - 990 ページ
...all vainly — As good as poor Joey to be ! Punch. A PLEA. The heights of great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. — Longfellow. ALAS ! for those companions who have slept Upon that weary way,... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1860 - 628 ページ
...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, while...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 ページ
...mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while...downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If rising on its wrecks,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 ページ
...crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while...eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted — wholly vain — If rising on its... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 ページ
...crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while...eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Fast As wholly wasted — wholly vain — If, rising on... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 ページ
...that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reach'd and kept, Were not attain'd by sudden flight, But they, while their companions...eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted — wholly vain— If rising on its... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 592 ページ
...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 flight, But they, while...eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past, As wholly wasted — wholly vain — If rising on... | |
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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. 
