| American essays - 1872 - 810 pages
...level-lived. Fruitful and friendly for all human-kind, Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars. He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till tne wise years decide. Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly earnest, brave, foreseeing man,... | |
| Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he...simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his tune, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide.... | |
| Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate, So always firmly he...his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime3 • Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, THE DESERT. AFAR in the desert I lote to ride, With...that have long since fled Flit over the brain, like t conies ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, .'" THE IVY GREEN. 0, A DAINTY lost silence comes ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he...simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly ho: He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, and drums, Disturb our judgment for the | Till the wise years decide. Great captains, with their guns... | |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson - English literature - 1874 - 360 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide hie time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he: He knew to bidr his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years... | |
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