 | Frederic William Farrar - Bible - 1899 - 400 pages
...Article of the Church of England. " Our little lives are kept in equipoise By struggles of two opposite desires : The struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires." 17. If we are suffering with Christ we shall in one moment be glorified with Him. 19. " Earnest expectation."... | |
 | Abraham Willard Jackson - 1900 - 506 pages
...cannot find the source of this authority, may we not find it in ourselves? " Our little lives are held in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires, The struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the far nobler instinct that aspires." That is, there is within us a higher and a lower ; and may it not... | |
 | Abraham Willard Jackson - 1900 - 498 pages
...cannot find the source of this authority, may we not find it in ourselves ? " Our little lives are held in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires, The struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the far nobler instinct that aspires." That is, there is within us a higher and a lower ; and may it not... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 380 pages
...these earthly mists and vapors dense A vital breath of more ethereal air. THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST. Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite...this perpetual jar Of earthly wants and aspirations Come from the influence of an unseen star, An undiscovered planet in our sky. And as the moon from... | |
 | Lewis George Janes - Conduct of life - 1901 - 200 pages
...— Socrates. Around the man who seeks a noble end, Not angels but divinities attend. — Emerson. Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite...enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires. — Longfellow. (116) X The Saving Value of Ideals •*> "Hitch your wagon to a star." — RALPH WALDO... | |
 | Henry Martyn Boies - Crime - 1901 - 490 pages
...controlling element of character. He called this his " mediation of contrasts," and " law of balance." " Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite...instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that inspires."' 1 HW Longfellow. Kindergartens and Orphanage Training 405 He said: " Not the training of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1901 - 488 pages
...everywhere Wafts through these earthly mists and vapors dense A vital breath of more ethereal air. Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires ; Yhe struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires. Thes2 perturbations,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1902 - 924 pages
...atmosphere, and Our little lives are kept in equipoise And the more noble instinct that aspires. joys, These perturbations, this perpetual jar Of earthly...in our sky. And as the moon from some dark gate of light, Across whose trembling planks our of cloud Throws o'er the sea a floating bridge fancies crowd... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1893 - 924 pages
...old estates. dusty hands. The spirit-world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite...attractions and desires. The struggle of the instinct that en And the more noble instinct that aspires. joys. These perturbations, this perpetual jar Of earthly... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1902 - 744 pages
...EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST. 333 Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and deBires ; The struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires. Those perturbations, this perpetual j«r Of earthly wants and aspirations high, Come from the influence... | |
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Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires ; The struggle of the instinct that enjoys, And the more noble instinct that aspires. 
