May I reach That purest heaven, — 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, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense!... The Religious Life - Page 163by Minot Judson Savage - 1885 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hurrell Mallock - 1879 - 360 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scrott within the tomb Unread for ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For its who strive to follow. M "ay I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1880 - 278 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Ue gathered like a scroll within the tomb, Unread forever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made...strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb, Unread forever. juta of pointed rock, Саше on the shining levels 0 / , 𧂀 Мяу I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle... | |
| 1880 - 488 pages
...purity For which we struggled, groaned, and agonized With widening retrospect that bred despair. .... This is life to come Which martyred men have made more glorious For us to strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength in... | |
| William Hurrell Mallock - 1880 - 196 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb Unread forever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious F&r us who strive to follow. May I reach Thai purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength... | |
| Alvah Hovey - 1890 - 574 pages
...pieroe tin: world like stars, And with thoir mild persistence игц'с men's search To vaster issues. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made...glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purrs: heaven, be to other svuU The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed... | |
| 1882 - 526 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb, Unread for ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made...strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generons ardour, feed pure... | |
| 1877 - 542 pages
...human reason,11 and her teaching only the Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb. Unread for ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made...strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, and be to other souls That cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gathered like a scroll within the tomb, Unread forever. This is life to come. Which martyred men have made more glorious For us, who strive to follow. Way I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle... | |
| Noah Porter - 1882 - 528 pages
...pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues . . . This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow." The last and the longest of Mill's Essays is for many reasons the most interesting and significant... | |
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