 | Sophia May Eckley - 1860 - 326 страници
...holds a dignified position, as if defending the huge piles of the pyramids behind and beside it. ' The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave...desert airs. When nearer seen and better known, Are like gigantic flights of stairs.' Cheops is the pyramid usually ascended. The description of this stupendous... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 страници
...it separated from the rest of the ridge. The mighty pyramids of stone, That, wedge-like, clenve tho desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that nprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 436 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 the desert airs, When nearer seen nnd better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their solid... | |
 | 1860 - 880 страници
...lesson written " for our learning," that it may induce us to work while our day lasts, knowing that " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight; Bat they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night," to prepare for the inevitable... | |
 | 1860 - 452 страници
...lesson written " for our learning," that it may induce ua to work while our day lasts, knowing that " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sndden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night," to prepare... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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...of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 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...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that appear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1862 - 426 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 attained by sudden Might, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." LONGFELLOW, The... | |
 | 1862 - 830 страници
...result of severe appHcation, painstaking thought, undaunted energy. A modern poet truly says : — " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by euddcn flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." They did... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 страници
...By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone Chat wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen,...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. O 0 The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways,... | |
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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. ' The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but... 
