 | 1871 - 586 страници
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more aud more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave... | |
 | Douglas William Freshfield - 1875 - 450 страници
...as Switzerland can nowhere rival. CHAPTER XI. THE BEENTA GEOUP.i The mighty pyramids of stone Which wedgelike cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen...and better known Are but gigantic flights of stairs. — LONOPRU.OW. VAL DI BRKOTA — BOCCA DEI CAMOZZI — VAL AOOLA — PA9SO D AVBIES VAL DI SOLH—... | |
 | 1876 - 358 страници
...Saviour, God, When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin. Slept. LOXOFXI.LOW. 1 WE have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights by great men reached and Were not attained by sudden flight, [kept But they while their... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 314 страници
...Like Sidney, we may take away the cup from our own thirsty lips, and hand it to the wistful poor. " We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...by more and more. The cloudy summits of our time." CHAPTER V. THE VALUE OF ENTHUSIASM. Nothing is so contagious as Enthusiasm ; it is the real allegory... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 400 страници
.../Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. VI » have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave thedesert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant... | |
 | 1877 - 604 страници
...triumph more than truth, The hardening of the heart, that brings Irreverence for the dreams of youth ; We have not wings, we cannot soar, But we have feet...more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The heighths by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions... | |
 | McGill University - 1905 - 418 страници
...in play, we can leap back to our former position, but a point of vantage from which we can scale, " By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time." There is one subject on which I should like to say a word, one that is generally used as a contrast... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1906 - 164 страници
...cannot find the good I seek, Because I feel and fear the wrong ! The Golden Legend DECEMBER TWENTY-NINTH We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The Ladder of St. Augustine Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1906 - 162 страници
...cannot find the good I seek, Because I feel and fear the wrong ! The Golden Legend DECEMBER TWENTY-NINTH We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. TAf LaJUtr tf St. Augustine Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising... | |
 | 1906 - 1026 страници
...with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet...by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time." Sent early to school, from twelve to fifteen years of age he had for his tutor a young theological... | |
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We have not wings, we cannot soar But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 
