 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...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 more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, The mighty pyramids of... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1859 - 354 pages
...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...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, When... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...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 When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. That wedge-like cleave the desert... | |
 | George Francis Train - Fourth of July orations - 1859 - 190 pages
...prize. Study, and do it as earnestly as you eat. " The giant pyramids of stone That wedge-like cut the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known Are but gigantic pairs of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by... | |
 | Holme Lee - American fiction - 1860 - 452 pages
...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...more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. " The heights by great men reached and kept But they, wh:le their companions slept, Were not attained by... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - White Mountains - 1860 - 446 pages
...it separated from the rest of the ridge. The mighty pyramids of stone, That, wedge-like, clenve tho desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that nprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels... | |
 | Sophia May Eckley - Egypt - 1860 - 326 pages
...holds a dignified position, as if defending the huge piles of the pyramids behind and beside it. ' The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave...desert airs. When nearer seen and better known, Are like gigantic flights of stairs.' Cheops is the pyramid usually ascended. The description of this stupendous... | |
 | Holme Lee - American fiction - 1860 - 490 pages
...pleasures and onr diacomenta, Are rounds by which we may ascend. "We have not wings, we cannot soar; Bat we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits ot our time. " The heights by great men reached and kept Wore not attained by sadden flight, Bat they,... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - White Mountains - 1860 - 436 pages
...gained by approaching near its base on this area, and seeing it separated from the rest of the ridge. The mighty pyramids of stone, That, wedge-like, cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen nnd better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 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 to seale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids... | |
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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. 
