 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 σελίδες
...It is for each one of us more or less to seek for a brighter hope, not to be baffled by failure, " Nor deem the irrevocable past As wholly wasted, wholly...its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain." When Philip Neri was at one of the Italian universities there went to him a youth who told him with... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 σελίδες
...attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain. WEAKiyESS. O I.ITTLE feet ! that such long years Must wander on through hopes and fears Must ache and... | |
 | 1871 - 410 σελίδες
...I iiive feet to scale and climb. By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain.' " " Does he really mean, then, that these failures and mistakes, these awful stumbles and perilous... | |
 | 1873 - 500 σελίδες
...ever readiness of JESUS to welcome souls to Himself, would not doubt it for one moment. CHAPTER V. " Nor deem the irrevocable past, * As wholly wasted,...its wrecks at last To something nobler we attain." LONGFELLOW. " ARE you going out now, Virginia ?" said Miss Brereton, putting her head into Evered's... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 σελίδες
...attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to brighter destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, standing on its... | |
 | 1863 - 896 σελίδες
...the failures of the past are of avail in fitting us for the responsibilies of the future. We need not deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly...its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain. Some such thoughts were crowding our mind while we waited for the train during the first hours of the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 σελίδες
...attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain. 300 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. CURFEW. SOLEMNLY, mournfully, Dealing its dole, The Curfew-bell Is beginning... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 σελίδες
...attain'd by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain." Courage is the mission of the few ; patience is the duty of all. Be sure you are pursuing the right... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 σελίδες
...attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Fast As wholly wasted — wholly vain — If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 592 σελίδες
...attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain. GRAHAM'S MAOAZIXE. LAST HOURS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE P. UPSHUR, OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.* US FRIGATE CUMBERLAND,... | |
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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. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... 
