 We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.  A Longfellow Calendar - Page 136by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1906 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Courtland Bolles - 1873 - 830 pages
...thee, and he will requite ; Desert those that love thee, but never the right I LM LONGFELLOW. Steps. E have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb x^\ \ \\7" TT By slow degrees — by more and more — v The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 384 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | John Clifford - 1874 - 204 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain, In the bright field of fair renown, The right of eminent domain. ' We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. ' Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,... | |
 | George Gill (schoolmaster.) - 1874 - 170 pages
...us, me, her, him. 3. Parse as fully as you can the following verse: — We have not wings, we caunot soar, But we have feet to scale and climb By slow...more and more — The cloudy summits of our time." — LONGFELLOW. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. „ 1. The Relative who is thus inflected in both Numbers and three... | |
 | Alfred Porter Putnam - 1875 - 592 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear... | |
 | Waitman Barbe - 1909 - 252 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain ! 7 We have not wings, we cannot soar, But we have feet...more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 8 The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 686 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 294 pages
...the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar; 35 But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees,...pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, 30 When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that... | |
 | John Indermaur, Charles Thwaites - 1910 - 720 pages
...thai „, , ^ 1 ' I CURSITOR STREET, CHANCERY LANE, EG OFFICE OF "THE LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL." 1910. WE have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...more, The cloudy summits of our time. * # * * The heights by great men reached and kept. Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 234 pages
...hemlock-trees Waved, and made the sign of the cross, And whispered their Benedicites ; The Golden Legend. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...gigantic flights of stairs. The Ladder of St. Augustine. Sujrust JF uurtl) O holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layest... | |
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