 | 1858 - 456 sider
...we have f'eet 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." In a country like America men of sound minds, who recognise in the family the... | |
 | 1858 - 734 sider
...an example of heroic, victorious conquest of self, and adverse circumstances, and the moral : — " The heights, by great men reached and kept, Were not...sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED FEMALE SINGERS.* THE irresistible charm and fascination exercised by a melodious... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 sider
...solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed with pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." * " To secure to the old that influence which they are willing to claim, and which might so much contribute... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 242 sider
...Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night, n* Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | William Gresley - 1859 - 380 sider
...have 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...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." LONGFELLOW. L. " There can be no doubt that moderation, abstractedly, is an excellent Christian grace,... | |
 | George Francis Train - 1859 - 190 sider
...to the skies, Are crossed by footpaths that appear When we to higher levels rise. The heights which great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." I have great faith in your learning the simple branches before going beyond your depth in metaphysics.... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1859 - 320 sider
...we have 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." LONGFELLOW, The Ladder of St. Augustine. L To be young — to be twenty years... | |
 | John Cumming - 1859 - 354 sider
...desert air, When nearer seen and better known Are but gigantic flights of stair. The heights by good men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight;...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." I have very little faith in genius ; I think it is after all chiefly toil and drudgery that will make... | |
 | 1859 - 300 sider
...we have 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 iipward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may... | |
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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... 
