 | Ellen Clacy - 1862 - 294 страници
...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. * Nor deem th" irrevocable Past As whoDy wasted — wholly vain— If, rising... | |
 | Russel Elliot - 1863 - 208 страници
... 600087070S WORDS FOR WORKERS: EUSSEL ELLIOT. ' The heights by great men reached and kept "Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." LONGFELLOW. LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 27, SOUTHAMPTON ROW ; WAKREN HALL... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 страници
...only attained by the same hard work, the same intense study which Hood and others have had to undergo. "The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." On the establishment of his health, Hood returned to London, and was apprenticed to an engraver. At... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 250 страници
...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Axe crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. 11* Standing on what, too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | David Thomas - 1864 - 756 страници
...Hights of staira. " The distant mountains that uproir Their solid bastions to the skies, Are croaked by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise....companions slept Were toiling upward in the night." But this progress is not only slow and toilsome — III. It is CERTAIN. "They yo from strength to strength."... | |
 | 1864 - 876 страници
...superabundance of brain deposited inside their cranium by the liberal hand of their Maker. '• The bights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night" Ik Marvel says: "There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and activity. You will learn... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - 1865 - 976 страници
...uearer seeu, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by...night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bunt and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. I propose... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - 1865 - 734 страници
...feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. 3 Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 страници
...known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may... | |
 | 1866 - 836 страници
...feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. 3 Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
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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. 
