| 1857 - 830 страници
...The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave the desert air?, When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic...of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear, As we to higher levels rise.... | |
| Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 страници
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. " The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1858 - 730 страници
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. ' The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic Sights of stairs. ' The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed... | |
| Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 страници
...gained by approaching near its base on this area, and seeing it separated from the rest of the ridge. The mighty pyramids of stone, That, wedge-like, cleave...pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. From the Notch, the ascent of Mount Washington is made by mounting gradually the steps of Clinton,... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 страници
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. " The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave...uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed with pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reached and kept,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 страници
...have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise.... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 страници
...we have feet to scale and climb, By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, The mighty pyramids of stone Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear... | |
| George Francis Train - 1859 - 190 страници
...prize. Study, aud do it as earnestly as you eat. " The giant pyramids of stone That wedge-like cut the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known Are but gigantic pairs of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 страници
...we have feet to seale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
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