 | Christian life - 1882 - 450 pages
...we have feet to scale and climb, By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions...their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night."1 And we do not need philosophy to tell us that this life is very short. Christianity assures... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...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 gigantic...mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the sides, Are crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1853 - 566 pages
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that nprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Fast... | |
 | John Cumming - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1853 - 212 pages
...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...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 614 pages
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past,... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 592 pages
...the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by j*reat men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past,... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly... | |
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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. 
