We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but... The St. James's Magazine and United Empire Review - 49 ページ1879全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1872
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave...When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | 1881
...staircase ; and Longfellow's verse holds good : — ' The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs.' But you ask, What are these buildings there for? I answer, They are tombstones — just huge tombstones... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...that uprear 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... | |
 | 1873
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...that uprear 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... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1873
...Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. Omne ignotum pro magnifico — The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. Omnia'mundana nugas aestima — Behold of what delusive worth The bubbles we pursue... | |
 | A M. M - 1873 - 214 ページ
...pursuit of knowledge ; and Longfellow's beautiful lines often recurred to her mind, — " The lofty pyramids of stone. That, wedge-like, cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are out gigantic flights of stairs." Then the feeling grew to be more and more strong with her, that every... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 391 ページ
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | 1875 - 556 ページ
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden... | |
 | Alfred Porter Putnam - 1875 - 556 ページ
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden... | |
 | 1871
...have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more aud more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave...of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skiei Are crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The... | |
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