 Death has not been suffered to take so much as an illusion from his heart. In the hot-fit of life, a-tiptoe on the highest point of being, he passes at a bound on to the other side. The noise of the mallet and chisel is scarcely quenched, the trumpets...  Harbor Tales Down Northby Norman Duncan - 1970 - 282 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Paul Maixner - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 562 pages
...his heart. In the hot-fit of life, a-tiptoe on the highest point of being, he passes at a bound on to the other side. The noise of the mallet and chisel...the trumpets are hardly done blowing, when, trailing with him clouds of glory, this happy, full-blooded spirit shoots into the spiritual land. [From Aes... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...heart. In the hot-fit of life, a-tip-toe on the highest point of being, he passes at a bound on to the other side. The noise of the mallet and chisel...the trumpets are hardly done blowing, when, trailing with him clouds of glory this happy-starred, full-blooded spirit shoots into the spiritual land. OSCAR... | |
 | Women's colleges - 1907 - 406 pages
...something just as great as living to a comfortable gray old age, with all the work of life finished: "The noise of the mallet and chisel is scarcely quenched,...the trumpets are hardly done blowing, when trailing with him clouds of glory, this happystarred, full-blooded spirit shoots into the spiritual land." He... | |
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