 | 1882 - 450 pagina’s
...bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear, As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden...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... | |
 | 1874 - 990 pagina’s
...utmost, can be, Yet aspire — may it not be all vainly — As good as poor Joey to be ! Punch. A PLEA. The heights of great men reached and kept Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. — Longfellow. ALAS ! for those companions who have slept Upon that weary way,... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1860 - 628 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...crossed by pathways that 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...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 pagina’s
...of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pagina’s
...foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...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 Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 880 pagina’s
...Napoleon presents the most striking illustration of the truth of the sentiment, "The heights by great raen reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companione slept, Were toiling upward in the night." One cloudless morning, just after the «un hml... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 pagina’s
...foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...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... | |
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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. 
