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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. "
[Biographical Sketch Of] Alfred Lee, [first Bishop of Delaware] September ... - Page 233
by Wilmington (Del.) Saint Andrew's Church-Vestry - 1888
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Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 584 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....
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The White Czar: And Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 144 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 VOX POPULI. WHEN Marzaran,...
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The poetical works of Henry W. Longfellow, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 704 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....
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Poems. Selected from the Best Editions

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 pages
...are life and death When life in death survives, And the interrupted 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 pur ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men....
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The Birthday Book of American Poets

Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 pages
...the last lingering ties of life are broken, Its labors ended and its story told. OW Holmes. March 27. 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....
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 686 pages
...Sumner dies, and he drops a melodious tear upon his grave : " Were a star quenched on high, For age> would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. " So when a gre it man dies, And again he bids him farewell in a touching sonnet, with a pathetic and unexpected...
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Illustrated Birthday Book of American Poets

Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 pages
...last lingering ties of life are broken, Its labors ended and its story told. 0. W. Holmes. March 27. 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....
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The Longfellow birthday-book, arranged by C.F. Bates. Cambr. ed

Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1881 - 466 pages
...chiselled epitaph repeat their names, and tell us where repose the nobly good and wise ! OUTEE-MEE. 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....
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Suggestive Thoughts on Religious Subjects: A Dictionary of Quotations and ...

1881 - 552 pages
...Divine aspiration. Cicero. OEEAT— The Truly. He is not great who is not greatly good. Shakespeare. 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....
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The Longfellow Birthday-book

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 486 pages
...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. CHAELES SUMNEE. The angels sang in heaven when she was born. THE SPANISH STUDENT. B Rush,...
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