 | Woodcroft, One of Themselves - 1860 - 322 oldal
...resting-place where the storms of doubt and distrust come no more. CHAPTER XI. NATURAL DEFECTS OF CHARACTER. " Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem th' irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly Tain, If, standing on its wrecks, at last To something... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 oldal
...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...the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, Tf, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain. LONGFELLOW. fify foob feat $lmt. "... | |
 | 1861 - 356 oldal
...feet, if we would gain, In the bright fields of fair renown, The right of eminent domain. LONGFELLOW. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. LONGFELLOW. His fame on all the winds had flown; His words had shaken crypt and throne; Like fire,... | |
 | Ellen Clacy - 1862 - 294 oldal
...feet to scale and climb, By slow degrees — by more and more— . The cloudy summits of our time. * The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upwards in the night. * Nor deem th" irrevocable Past As whoDy wasted — wholly vain— If, rising... | |
 | Russel Elliot - 1863 - 208 oldal
... 600087070S WORDS FOR WORKERS: EUSSEL ELLIOT. ' The heights by great men reached and kept "Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." LONGFELLOW. LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 27, SOUTHAMPTON ROW ; WAKREN HALL... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 oldal
...only attained by the same hard work, the same intense study which Hood and others have had to undergo. "The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." On the establishment of his health, Hood returned to London, and was apprenticed to an engraver. At... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 250 oldal
...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Axe crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. 11* Standing on what, too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | David Thomas - 1864 - 756 oldal
...Hights of staira. " The distant mountains that uproir Their solid bastions to the skies, Are croaked by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise....companions slept Were toiling upward in the night." But this progress is not only slow and toilsome — III. It is CERTAIN. "They yo from strength to strength."... | |
 | 1864 - 876 oldal
...superabundance of brain deposited inside their cranium by the liberal hand of their Maker. '• The bights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night" Ik Marvel says: "There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and activity. You will learn... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 464 oldal
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...levels rise. The heights by great men reached and fc.»(it Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward... | |
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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. 
