 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 400 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light,...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.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...life in death survives, And the interrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quench'd on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling...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.... | |
 | Samuel Haughton - 1877 - 364 pages
...fellow-citizens : many Temperance Societies walked in procession amidst the long line of carriages. " So when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." LONGFELLOW. APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME ADDITIONAL EXTRACTS FROM HIS LETTERS AND SPEECHES.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light,...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.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 212 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light,...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.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 660 pages
...life in death survives, And the interrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quench'd on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling...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.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 306 pages
...And always as merry as a thunderstorm in the night. The Spanish Student—Aci 3, sc. 6. August 26. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling down from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 450 pages
...uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high; For ages would its light, S till 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.... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1906 - 408 pages
...College, closing with these words — a tribute his many friends would render to Doctor Beckwith himself: "So, when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken. The light he left behind him lies Upon the paths of men." ROXY'S GOOD ANGEL. By Eva J. Beede. "Ef you've got tew... | |
 | 1879 - 810 pages
...battle of Gettysburg, Major General John F. Reynolds' bright name and fame will pass down to posterity. Were a star quenched on 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... | |
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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. 
