 | 1843 - 708 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time...throne, And roll their white surf higher every day. The field lies wide before us, where to reap The easy harvest of a deathless name, Though with no better... | |
 | 1843 - 678 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time...throne, And roll their white surf higher every day. The field lies wide hefore us, where to reap The easy harvest of a deathless name, Though with no better... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time...deeds : Reason and Government, like two broad seas, Yeam for each other with outstretched arms Across this narrow isthmus of the throne, And roll their... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...marked out, Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time is one that calls for earnest deeds. 20 Reason and Government, like two broad seas, Yearn...outstretched arms Across this narrow isthmus of the throne, Where outworn creeds, like Rome's grey senate, quake. Hearing afar the Vandal's trumpet hoarse, The... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time is one that calls for earnest deeds. 20 Reason and Government, like two broad seas, Yearn for each other, with outstretched arms Across... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out, Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time...throne, And roll their white surf higher every day. The field lies wide before us where to reap The easy harvest of a deathless name, Though with no better... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time...outstretched arms Across this narrow isthmus of the throne, \nd roll their white surf higher every day. )ne age moves onward, and the next builds up ities and... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 pages
...arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; Ant! he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time is one that calls for earnest deeds : Eeason and Government, like two broad seas, Yearn for each other with outstretched arms Across this... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...what to do ; And he who waits to have his task mark'd out Shall dic and leave his errand unfulfill'd. Our time is one that calls for earnest deeds : Reason...seas, Yearn for each other with outstretched arms Aeross this narrow isthmus of the throne, And roll their white surf higher every day. One age moves... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...arms akimbo set. Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. Our time...seas, Yearn for each other with outstretched arms Acrossthisnarrow isthmus of the throne, And roll their white surf higher every day. One age moves onward,... | |
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... work Is not born with him; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil ! The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to... 
