 | 1882 - 450 σελίδες
...That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents Are steps by which we may ascend. All thoughts of ill ; all evil deeds That have their...more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 σελίδες
...for triumph more than truth; The hardening of the heart, that brings Irreverence for the dreams of youth ; All thoughts of ill: all evil deeds, That...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | 1856 - 978 σελίδες
...but somehow, Mildred J went to her small cheerful room that first night dis ened. Why ? CHAPTEE IV. " We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.'' Before the great gong had sounded its second si the next morning, Mr. Malford, contrary to his custom,... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 σελίδες
...many days. PAMELA. STEP BY STEP. WE have not wings ; we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale or climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy...When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the sides, Are crossed... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 σελίδες
...must first be trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown at of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | 1851 - 608 σελίδες
...feats or facts are accomplished. As Longfollow so happily says, in his " Ladder of St. Augustine :" " The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave...When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs." Perhaps, indeed, it maybe safely concluded that all instances of original greatness... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 σελίδες
...will ! All these must first be trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that nprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 σελίδες
...will ! All these must first be trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are cross'd... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 592 σελίδες
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain; In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain 1 We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 614 σελίδες
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain, In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain 1 We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like eleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The... | |
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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... 
