 The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. ' The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by path-ways, that appear...  Unity Pulpit - Page 171892Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like ictchie then, Bow'd with her fourscore yuars cross'd by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reach'd and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 486 pages
...book of gems, that book of gold, Of wonders many and manifold. INTERLUDE BEFORE THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions...pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. THE LADDER OF St. AUGUSTINE. JUNE 20. In this wondrous world wherein we live, which is the world of Nature,... | |
 | 1881 - 696 pages
...miraculous leaps. For, in the same poem, he says : — " The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and 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... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 690 pages
...miraculous leaps. For, in the same poem, he says : — " The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and 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... | |
 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 pages
...we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, The distant mountains, that uprear... | |
 | Alfred Slater West - 1912 - 364 pages
...as want of heart.' 199. ' He that is truly wise and great Lives both too early and too late.' too. 'The heights, by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight.' 33* INDEX. A, impure, 47 ; feminine suffix, 82 ; and art, 107; form of en, zxz; as prefix, 303 Attest,... | |
 | 1912 - 756 pages
...flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights of great men reach'd and kept Were not attain'd by sudden flight ; But thejr, while their companions... | |
 | 1914 - 646 pages
...honor the Filipinos for their national aspirations. Yet all the world, save the Filipino, knows that " the heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight." The Filipino should learn that real independence cannot be had for the asking. Viewed in its international... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1915 - 740 pages
...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...pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. As far as I am concerned, I have given you as briefly as possible an outline of the work as we have... | |
 | James Hastings - 1915 - 474 pages
...and if he omitted it for three days the public knew it. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and 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... | |
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