 | 1882 - 450 pages
...right of eminent domain. 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 distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear,... | |
 | 1871 - 410 pages
...right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we I iiive feet to scale and climb. By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,... | |
 | 1874 - 844 pages
...— may it not be all vainly — As good as poor Joey to be I Punch. A PLEA. The heights of g_reat men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, white their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. — Longfellow. ALAS ! for those companions... | |
 | 1876 - 832 pages
...constant daily climbing. " 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." us be thankful that we may thus climh. We may forget the things that are behind, we may press on to... | |
 | 1856 - 978 pages
...Why ? CHAPTEE IV. " 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.'' Before the great gong had sounded its second si the next morning, Mr. Malford, contrary to his custom,... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1860 - 628 pages
...Abernethy, " it is open to that objection." GAIN BY TOIL. LONGFELLOW. ÍTE heights by great men reached ar,d kept Were not attained by sudden flight } But they,...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. FLOWERS. MAItV HUWITT. GOD might h:ive made the earth bring forth Enough for great ami small } The... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...days. PAMELA. STEP BY STEP. WE have not wings ; we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale or 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,... | |
 | 1861 - 784 pages
...glows within us. " 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 Thai wedge-like cleave the airs. When nearer seen and better known, Are but... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...we to higher levels rise. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions 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... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1851 - 880 pages
...life of Napoleon presents the most striking illustration of the truth of the sentiment, " 'The height* by great men reached and kept Were not attained by...flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were tailing upward in the night." One cloudless morning, just after the sun had TH« WATER-EXCURSION. risen,... | |
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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. 
