 | 1910 - 806 pages
...pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To higher, vaster issues. May I reach That purest heaven— be to other souls...of strength in some great agony; Enkindle generous ardor; feed pure love; Beget the smiles that have no cruelty; Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...— be to other souls Tile emp of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed purc love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ! .So shall I join th» choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world. CHARLE8 KING8LEY.... | |
 | Richard Travers Smith - 1876 - 256 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gather'd like a scroll within the tomb, Unread for ever May I reach That purest heaven — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony . . . . Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion, ever more intense, M So shall I... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1877 - 276 pages
...guiding sway the growing life of man. • •••••••• May I reach That purest heaven, to be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | 1878 - 300 pages
...purest heaven ; be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony ; Enkindle generous 'ardor ; feed pure love ; Beget the smiles that have no cruelty...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world. George Eliot; English.... | |
 | 1878 - 298 pages
...man. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven ; be to other souls...of strength in some great agony ; Enkindle generous ardor ; feed pure love ; Beget the smiles that have no cruelty; Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1879 - 320 pages
...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. 1867. THE END. PK1STED... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 pages
...glorious For its who strive to follow. M "ay I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous...good diffused. And in diffusion ever more intense; \ So shall I join that choir invisible I Whose music is the gladness of the world. Here is the positive... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 332 pages
...purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty,...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ; So shall I join that choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world." Here is the positive... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 pages
...more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls Tfiat cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous...pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be tiie sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense; So shall I join that choir... | |
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May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense.... 
