 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 Seiten
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain Jn the bright fields of fair renown The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar : But we have feet...scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. 78 The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,... | |
 | William Gresley - 1859 - 380 Seiten
...in the holy bond of Christian fellowship. Nothing but GOD'S grace can keep us right." CHAPTEE XVI. " We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...scale and climb, By slow degrees — by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden... | |
 | John Cumming - 1859 - 354 Seiten
...whom I have often quoted, and who writes many beautiful things. He says so justly, speaking of man : " We have not wings ; we cannot soar ; But we have feet...scale and climb, By slow degrees, by more and more, The clouded summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert air,... | |
 | 1859 - 300 Seiten
...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...scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1859 - 320 Seiten
...with the hour begin and end, Oar pleasures and our discontents. Are rounds by which we may ascend. " We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet...scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 Seiten
...autumn, autumn into winter, preserving an especial beauty and fitness in each of the four." " We have no 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. " The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 Seiten
...his God : O blest word—evermore! THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE, By LONGFELLOW. 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. That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 Seiten
...the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soarBut we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert... | |
 | Holme Lee - 1860 - 452 Seiten
...with the hour bedn and end, Our pleasures and onr dis.-ontents. Are rounds by which we may ascend. '* We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet...scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. " The heights by great men reached and kept But they, wh:le their companions... | |
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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. 
