 | George Eliot - 1886 - 520 pages
...life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us to strive to follow. May I reach 286 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,... | |
 | 1886 - 240 pages
...generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self." Long will she " Be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, . . . the sweet presence of a good diffused." Sustained as she was by the women of Cincinnati, she... | |
 | 1886 - 406 pages
...generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self." Long will she " Be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, . . . the sweet presence of a good diffused." Sustained as she was by the women of Cincinnati, she... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp - 1887 - 450 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. INCOMPLETENESS.... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 344 pages
...forever 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,... | |
 | 1877 - 926 pages
...more glorious For us who strive to follow. May 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, Whose music is the gladness of the world. In these remarkable... | |
 | J. S. Whale - 1976 - 204 pages
...bears itself nobly. Life to come, she says, is to ' be the sweet presence of a good diffused ' ; ' to be to other souls the cup of strength in some great agony. . . '. The poem is really a prayer, not to God of course, but to George Eliot: O may I join the choir... | |
 | 1904 - 484 pages
...This is life to come Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May we 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 good diffused,... | |
 | Gerald Parsons - 1988 - 242 pages
...in the world, Breathing as beauteous order that controls With growing sway the growing life of man. 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. In such pure expression,... | |
 | Lance St. John Butler - 1990 - 244 pages
...human This is the 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 The cup of strength in some great agony .... The movement of thought is that of sin and repentance - we may look back on our failures, our... | |
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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.... 
