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" Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. "
Peoria City and County, Illinois: A Record of Settlement, Organization ... - Page 446
by James Montgomery Rice - 1912 - 812 pages
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Annals of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, Volume 17

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 pages
...He who plowed and who sowed is not missed by the reaper. He is only remembered by what he has done." "Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light. Still traveling downward from the sky, For years beyond his ken The light he leaves behind hlm lies Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great...
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Scribners Monthly, Volume 17

Literature - 1879 - 1036 pages
...Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain ! " Sumner dies, and he drops a melodious tear upon his grave : " Were a. star quenched on high, For ages would its...from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. " So, when a great man dies, For years tjeyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men."...
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The Masque of Pandora: And Other Poems, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1875 - 170 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond...
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The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1875 - 170 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, 'Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 35

1875 - 782 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, . Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Part 1

Books and bookselling - 1875 - 804 pages
...life and death When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond...
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The Living Age, Volume 124

1875 - 844 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond...
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Memorial Addresses, Life and Character of Henry Wilson, January 21st 1876

Vice-Presidents - 1876 - 178 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light,...the sky, Shine on our mortal sight ; So •when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men....
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Reprinted from the Revised ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quench'd on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men....
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1877 - 400 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond...
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