 | Christian life - 1882 - 450 pages
...that appear, As we to higher levels rise. 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."1 And we do not need philosophy to tell us that this life is very short. Christianity assures... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached, and kr.pt, Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...objection." GAIN BY TOIL. LONGFELLOW. ÍTE heights by great men reached ar,d kept Were not attained by sudden flight } But they, while their 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...that appear As we to higher levels rise. 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, Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...Their frowning foreheads to the skies, 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. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1853 - 566 pages
...that appear As we to higher levels rise. 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. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | John Cumming - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1853 - 212 pages
...that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reach'd and kept, Were not attain'd by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 592 pages
...that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by j*reat men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...that appear As we to higher levels rise. 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. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,... | |
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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. 
