 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.  Poems - Σελίδα 148των Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 528 σελίδες
...for the dreams of youth ; All thoughts of ill ; all evil deeds, That have their root in thoughts of ill ; Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the...upward in the night. Standing on what too long we Ъоге With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern • — unseen before A path to higher... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 544 σελίδες
...their root in thoughts of ill ; Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will ; — 4.ll these must first be trampled down Beneath our feet,...upward in the night. Standing on what too long we Vx>re With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before A path to higher destinies.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Burnham - 1883 - 324 σελίδες
...unintelligible now : perhaps hereafter it will be all plain. — Boston Saturday Evening Gazette, July z, 1881. The mighty pyramids of Stone That wedge-like cleave...before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the 1rrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last, To something nobler... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 320 σελίδες
...That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known. Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their...long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If. rising on its wrecks, at last To something... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1883 - 362 σελίδες
...true lips have said to me, " I love you," I have known it all ! Pkœbe Cary. Í26 - June 14. June 15. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before, Л path to higher destinies. //. /К. Longfellvm. \ June 17. A beauty that bewilders like a spell Reigns... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 σελίδες
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar" Their solid hastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the nighL Standing on what too long we hore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 σελίδες
...Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt ; Nothing's so hard but search will find it out. — Herrick. The heights, by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall. — Confucius. Tho' beaten... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 σελίδες
...infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. The Day i» Done. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. The Ladder of St. Augustine. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 σελίδες
...grasp the ocean in my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. 4. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. 5. Small service is true service while it lasts; Of friends, however humble, scorn not one: The daisy,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 σελίδες
...A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame."' The Ladder of St. Auguttlne. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Ibid. Sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears,... | |
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