Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic ! " so we try Our nibs upon the edge, and die. Saint Jospeh Medical Herald - Page 4821912Full view - About this book
| James Russell Lowell - Literary Criticism - 1869 - 312 pages
...at last who says it I 'll try my fortune with tho rest. 'T is his at last who says it best, — Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write Ilia word or two, and then cornea night. "Lo, time and space enough," we cry, "To write an epic I"... | |
| E S H. Bagnold - 1870 - 182 pages
...dilapidated, the atmosphere stifling, and on a bed lay an invalid suffering from inflammation of the lungs. ' Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime : Xot failure, but low aim, is crime.' Low down in the pit 1 found fossil specimens. — I hear the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 pages
...thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best, — I 'll try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic I " so we try Our nibs upon the edge, and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best, — I 'll try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic ! " so we try Our nibs upon the edge, and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 450 pages
...which way the pen to hold, Luck hates the slow and loves the bold, Soon come the darkness and the cold. Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a line,...that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. Ah, with what lofty hope we came J But we forget it, dream of fame, And scrawl, as I do here, a name.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...thought and oft exprest, Т is his at last who says it best, — I '11 try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic ! " so we try Our nibs upon the edge, and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1879 - 592 pages
...and oft «xprest, 'T is his at last who says it best, — I '11 try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then conies night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic ! " so we trv Our nibs upon... | |
| American literature - 1880 - 208 pages
...pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. —Goldsmith: "The Deserted Village." XLI. LIFE is a leaf of paper white, Whereon each one of us may...Not failure, but low aim, is crime. —JR Lowell: "For an Autograph." XLII. SPEAK gently to the erring one—oh! do not thou forget, However darkly stained... | |
| Almira Leach Hayward - Birthday books - 1880 - 300 pages
...Twentieth Century be, If the Nineteenth's youngsters are all like Jim ? KP Osgood. October 8. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may...that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. У. R. Lowell. October 9. She moved with recognition sweet, She bowed with courtesy calm and kind.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...thought and uft expiest, 'Tis his at last who says it best, — I'll try my fortune with the resl. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " ' To write an epic ! " so we try Our nibs upon the edge, and... | |
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