 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1897 - 824 pages
...the words of the poet Longfellow, who was a fellow student of ALPHEUS FEI.CH at Bowdoin College: " So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he lea%-es behind him lies Upon the paths of men." We express to the family of the deceased our sympathy,... | |
 | 1879 - 1036 pages
...traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. " So, when a great man dies, For years tjeyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." And again he bids him farewell in a touching sonnet, with a pathetic and unexpected ending : " Good-night... | |
 | 1874 - 134 pages
...benefactor, virtuous societyhas lost a chief ornament, and the business world an exemplary minister. " So, when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken...he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." 91 At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, held December 8th,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1875 - 170 pages
...high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1875 - 170 pages
...high, For ages would its light, 'Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TEAVELS BY THE FIEESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | 1875 - 810 pages
...high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Possibly one's critical sense is dulled by the too great familiarity induced by constant and commonplace... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...high, For ages would its light, . Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Henry W. Longfellow, March SO, 1874. AUTUMN DAYS IN WEIMAR. WEIMAR is one of those places which the... | |
 | 1875 - 844 pages
...high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. March 30, 1874. From The Edinburgh Review. THE JOURNAL OF MR. CHARLES GREVILLE.* THE three volumes,... | |
 | 1876 - 178 pages
...high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight ; So •when a great man dies, For years beyond our...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Address by Mr ISlair, of New Wampshire. Mr. Speaker, the great men whose forms we have seen and who... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. March 30, 1874. MONTE CASSINO. BEAtrnFTJL valley, through whose vordant meads Unheard the Garigliauo... | |
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Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. 
