 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 758 страници
...hardly, as Longfellow says : — The mighty pyramids of atone That wedge-like cleave the desert-airs, 'When nearer seen and better known Are but gigantic flights of stairs. Almost as soon as they come within the rango of vision they are seen with their serrated edges and... | |
 | John A. Wallace - 1867 - 240 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.... | |
 | John A. Wallace - 1867 - 296 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.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 страници
...we have feet to scale and climb, Hy 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 uproar Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1867 - 294 страници
...hardly, as Longfellow says :— "The mighy pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert-airs, When nearer seen and better known Are but gigantic flights of stairs." Almost as soon as they come within the range of vision they are seen with their serrated edges and... | |
 | 1867 - 788 страници
...earnestness, diligence and perseverance. These are qualities without which no man can truly succeed in life. " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudaen flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." It is by... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 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 upvear Their solid hastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1904 - 530 страници
...Distinguished leaders among us today whose lives and labors are well expressed in the following lines: ' 'The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden night, But they while their companions slept, Were tolling upward in the night ". In looking over the... | |
 | 1870 - 436 страници
...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 gigantic...that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reach'd and... | |
 | 1870 - 596 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...the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Aw but gigantic flights of stairs. " The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the... | |
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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... 
