 ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.  Poems - Page 357by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860Full view - About this book
 | 1884 - 626 pages
...although I presume that he had not read Longfellow, he reminded me of those lines in " The Builders" — " Nothing useless is or low, Each thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest." There was rather a pause when the old square ceased, until the... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1841 - 522 pages
...so act on the part that It Is very likely to come upon them." THE BUILDERS. BY HENHY W. LONGFELLOW. Nothing useless is, or low, Each thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show, Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled;... | |
 | 1860 - 1246 pages
...architects of Fate Working in those walls of Tin Some with massive deeds and git Some with ornaments of rhyn Nothing useless is, or low, Each thing in its place is best And what seems but idle show, Strengthen and support the re For the structure that we raise, Time is with material filled ; Our to-days... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...not wholly stay ; By silence sanctifying, not concealing, The grief that must have way. THE BUILDERS. ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls...in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ;... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 144 pages
...stars Of morning sang together, sound forth still The song of our great immortality. Clje 33ulttiers. ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls...Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, nor low ; Each thing in its plane is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Judges - 1850 - 184 pages
...punctualitie and too much morositie are the two poles of pride." CHAPTER EIGHTH. WILLIAM WIRT'S CHILDHOOD. " For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterday?, Are the blocks with which we build." — Longfellow. FOR the encouragement of young men... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1858 - 580 pages
...Time's city walls the temple of the Church, which is to see eternity. " Nothing useless is or low, Kurit thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials fill'd,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions." — K. Il'. Emerson. ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls...its place is best ; And what seems but idle show, Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...stay ; By silence sanctifying, not concealing, The grief that must have way. THE BUILDERS. ALL arc architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time...in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ;... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - Education - 1852 - 406 pages
...to do a thing it becomes impossible. From Graham's Magazine. THE BUILDERS. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls...Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornameats of rhyme. Nothing useless is, nor low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems... | |
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