 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
 | Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 страници
...wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." J * Sermons by John Henry Newman, p. 65. Rivington. t John viii. 29. J Miles Standish and other Poems,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 228 страници
...great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, 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 ^irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted,... | |
 | William Gresley - 1859 - 380 страници
...have 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...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." L. " There can be no doubt that moderation, abstractedly, is an excellent Christian grace, and that... | |
 | George Francis Train - 1859 - 190 страници
...to the skies, Are crossed by footpaths that appear When we to higher levels rise. The heights which great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." I have great faith in your learning the simple branches before going beyond your depth in metaphysics.... | |
 | 1859 - 300 страници
...we have 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 iipward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1859 - 320 страници
...we have 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." LONGFELLOW, The Ladder of St. Augustine. To be young—to be twenty years old—to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 244 страници
...attained by sudden flight, But they, while their 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 before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 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 something... | |
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