 | 1858 - 738 pages
...and the moral : — " 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." SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED FEMALE SINGERS.* THE irresistible charm and fascination exercised by a melodious... | |
 | 1859 - 300 pages
...kept Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling iipward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With...— unseen before — A path to higher destinies. (176) Nor deem the irrevocable past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last... | |
 | John Cumming - 1859 - 354 pages
...gigantic flights of stair. The heights by good men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." I have very little faith in genius ; I think it is after all chiefly toil and drudgery that will make... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 pages
...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." * " To secure to the old that influence which they are willing to claim, and which might so much contribute... | |
 | William Gresley - 1859 - 380 pages
...summits of our time. " 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." LONGFELLOW. L. " There can be no doubt that moderation, abstractedly, is an excellent Christian grace,... | |
 | George Francis Train - 1859 - 190 pages
...higher levels rise. The heights which great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." I have great faith in your learning the simple branches before going beyond your depth in metaphysics.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 244 pages
...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. 11* Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Woodcroft, One of Themselves - 1860 - 322 pages
...resting-place where the storms of doubt and distrust come no more. CHAPTER XI. NATURAL DEFECTS OF CHARACTER. " Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent...unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem th' irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly Tain, If, standing on its wrecks, at last To something... | |
 | 1860 - 452 pages
...lasts, knowing that " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sndden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night," to prepare for the inevitable hour when we too, ripe or unripe, must be bound up in the sheaf of Death,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1860 - 358 pages
...distinguished men, — " 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." And now, ere the youthful reader closes this volume, let him stop and resolve to imitate the bright... | |
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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. 
