 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. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are but...  Singles from Life's Gathering - Page 30by William Jacks - 1902 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the sides, Are crossed by pathways that... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1861 - 784 pages
...and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone Thai wedge-like cleave the airs. When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs." The necessity of attending to little (kings, however, particularly deTolves upon 4he Christian ; child... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...Longfollow so happily says, in his " Ladder of St. Augustine :" " The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs." Perhaps, indeed, it maybe safely concluded that all instances of original greatness aro more the expression... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 644 pages
...Longfellow so happily says, in his "Ladder of St. Augustine :" " The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs." Perhaps, indeed, it may be safely concluded that all instances of oTiginal greatness are more the expression... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 592 pages
...degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen,...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...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 airs, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels... | |
 | John Cumming - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1853 - 212 pages
...degrees — by more and more — • The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen,...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways,... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1853 - 566 pages
...degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs. When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | English literature - 1854 - 830 pages
...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, When nearer seen,...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that... | |
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