Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know. Notes and Queries - Page 1901904Full view - About this book
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...mighty, and the wise, We men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour ; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - Literary Criticism - 1875 - 374 pages
...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ;—be it so ! Enough, if something from our bauds have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We... | |
| James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1875 - 486 pages
...and the wise, We men, who in our morn of life, defied The elements, must perish. Be it so: Content if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and help the future hour : And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through hope, through love, and Faith's... | |
| Lucy Larcom - Nature in literature - 1876 - 278 pages
...mighty, and the wise. We Men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour ; And if , as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faiWs transcendent dower, We... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...mighty, and the wise, We men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we Ko, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1876 - 514 pages
...your other works — " Wo men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish. Be it RO ! Enough if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour." This is my favourite bit in the whole volume, and which I have been thundering in my painting-room,... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1876 - 544 pages
...your other works — " We men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish. Be it so ! Enough if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour." This is my favourite bit in the whole volume, and which I have been thundering in my painting-room,... | |
| James Madison Watson - Readers - 1876 - 484 pages
...and the wise, We men, who in our morn of life, defied The elements, must perish. Be it so : Content if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and help the future hour : And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through hope, through love, and Faith's... | |
| William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - England - 1878 - 284 pages
...mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour ; And if, as tow'rd the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcend-nt dower, We... | |
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