 | 1858 - 456 sider
..." of our vices we can frame a ladder, if we will but tread beneath our feet each deed of shame." " We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have f'eet...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | 1859 - 300 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | John Cumming - 1859 - 354 sider
...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,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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. 
