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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. "
Suggestive Thoughts on Religious Subjects: A Dictionary of Quotations and ... - Page 140
1881 - 447 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...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 106

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 824 pages
...the words of the poet Longfellow, who was a fellow student of ALPHEUS FEI.CH at Bowdoin College: " So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he lea%-es behind him lies Upon the paths of men." We express to the family of the deceased our sympathy,...
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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 light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. " So, when a great man dies, For years...
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In Memory of Joseph Stuart, Born at Cronaught, County Armagh, Ireland, Nov ...

1874 - 138 pages
...benefactor, virtuous societyhas lost a chief ornament, and the business world an exemplary minister. " So, when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken...he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." 91 At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, held December 8th,...
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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,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TEAVELS BY THE FIEESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for...
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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,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Henry W. Longfellow, March SO, 1874. AUTUMN DAYS IN WEIMAR. WEIMAR is one of those places which the...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 14; Volume 238

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,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Possibly one's critical sense is dulled by the too great familiarity induced by constant and commonplace...
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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,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. March 30, 1874. From The Edinburgh Review. THE JOURNAL OF MR. CHARLES GREVILLE.* THE three volumes,...
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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,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for...
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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, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight ; So •when a great man dies, For years...
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