 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. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern—unseen before—...  Poems. New, complete ed - Страница 514по Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 страници
...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted,... | |
 | 1851 - 334 страници
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. Tlie heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Win-« toiling upward iu the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 страници
...slept, Were toiling upward in the night, We may discern—unseen before— A path to higher destinies. Standing on what too 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1482 страници
...night. Standing on what 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 wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain. rs of mature age, the frequent iteration... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 страници
...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...destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted—wholly vain— If rising on its wrecks, at last, To something nobler we attain." Courage is... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 страници
...Standing on what 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 wasted — wholly vain — If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain." Courage is the mission of the... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 308 страници
...to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " So heights by good men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." CHAPTER III. THE TRANSLATED ONE. And after he was dead and gone, And e'en his... | |
 | 1854 - 794 страници
...night. Standing on what 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 wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain. FORMATION OF CHARACTER. MUCH has been... | |
 | 1854 - 830 страници
...night. Standing on what 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 wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain. To readers of mature age, the frequent... | |
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