 | Henry Griffin Parrish - 1863 - 338 oldal
...flattering to one's self-complacency. We may even echo the sentiment of Tennyson and sav : — " I hold it truth with him who sings, To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." And yet it is not pleasant to gaze upon the... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1864 - 210 oldal
...the Laureate's " In Memoriam." In this stanza, two rhyming verses come between other two ; eg : — " I held it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stonea Of their dead selves to higher things. •' But who shall so forecast the years And... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1864 - 384 oldal
...suggestions of other men. In * So does Tennyson. In " In Memoriam," the reference — " I held it true, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That we may rise on stepping-stones Of our dead selves to higher things" — is to Longfellow, and his poem... | |
 | Agnes Wylde - 1865 - 378 oldal
... HELEN FELTON'S QUESTION. A PROBLEM IN A NOVEL. AGNES WYLDE. ' 1 held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.' LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON, MII.TON HOUSE, I.UDGATE HIM,. 1865. EDINBURGH : T. CONSTABLE,... | |
 | Edward Dutton Cook - 1865 - 358 oldal
...cloth, price 12s. HELEN FELTON'S QUESTION: a Problem in a Novel. By AGNES WYLDE. One volume. ' I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping stones " Of their dead selves to higher things.' Second Edition. A MEEE STORY. By the Author... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 oldal
...they tail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. • I. I HKl.n it trtitl), with him wlio sings To one clear harp in divers tones. That men...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Hut who shall so forecast the years And find in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand thro' time to... | |
 | Maria D. Weston - 1866 - 426 oldal
...follow the fortunes of this misguided young lady, with us, in another chapter. • CHAPTER XXXIV. " But who shall so forecast the years, And find in loss, a gain to match ; Or reach a hand through time to catch The far-off interest of tears." — TENNYSON. " I could sometimes die, life's... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 518 oldal
...reality without a shadow on its clearness. And yet, alas ! there are those who will sometimes ask, " But who shall so forecast the years, And find in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand through time to catch The far-off interest of tears ? " 1858. SAMUEL HENRY EELLS. Hospital Steward... | |
 | 1866 - 628 oldal
...to by Tennyson in the lines — • I bold It truth with him who sings To one clear harp In diver* tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.' Celia. — // 32 pp. are not an 'observable enlargement' in our Christinas Number, observation can... | |
 | 1882 - 972 oldal
...denied, if they keep the soul from reaching its truest height, its rest in the light of God. ' Thus " men may rise on stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things." Is not this destrnction of the lower that we may reach the higher, when the two are irreconcilably... | |
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who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. 
