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" We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. "
Hand-book of American literature, historical, biographical, and critical [by ... - Page 78
by Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 319 pages
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The Tract Magazine and Christian Miscellany

1882 - 452 pages
...Beneath our feet if we would gain, In the bright fields of fair renown, The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear,...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels...
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The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ...

1871 - 410 pages
...field of fair renown, The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we I iiive feet to scale and climb. By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,...
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Titan, Volume 26

1858 - 786 pages
...our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. We hare not wings — we cannot soar; Bat we hare feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more, The cloudy summits of oar time. " ' 'My dear Miss Wyndham, pray don't run off with what I have said; really you go quite...
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 19

1856 - 976 pages
...but somehow, Mildred J went to her small cheerful room that first night dis ened. Why ? CHAPTEE IV. " We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.'' Before the great gong had sounded its second si the next morning, Mr. Malford, contrary to his custom,...
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The Bible class magazine [ed. by C.H. Bateman]., Volumes 3-5

National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...for those who, casting their bread upon the waters, find it after many days. PAMELA. STEP BY STEP. WE have not wings ; we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale or climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...
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Outre-mer: a pilgrimage beyond the sea. To which are added, the latest poems ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown at of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 14

1851 - 608 pages
...feats or facts are accomplished. As Longfollow so happily says, in his " Ladder of St. Augustine :" " The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs." Perhaps, indeed, it maybe safely concluded that all instances of original greatness aro more the expression...
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Wellington: a Lecture

John Cumming - 1853 - 212 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways, that appear As we to higher...
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