 | 1882 - 450 oldal
...we have feet to scale and climb, By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 oldal
...ascend. The low desire, the base design. That makes another's virtues less: The revel of the ruddy wine, And all occasions of excess: The longing for...great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 oldal
...but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the sides, Are 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 their companions slept, Were toiling upward... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 oldal
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night, Standing on what... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 oldal
...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 attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1851 - 854 oldal
...emergency. The life of Napoleon presents the most striking illustration of the truth of the sentiment, " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden night ; Eut they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." One cloudless morning,... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 oldal
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that nprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear...men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 oldal
...flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways, 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 slept, Were... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 614 oldal
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 592 oldal
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to 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 flight, But they, while their companions slept,... | |
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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 gigantic flights of stairs. The distant... 
