 | Christian life - 1882 - 450 pages
...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...by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 1856 - 978 pages
...but somehow, Mildred J went to her small cheerful room that first night dis ened. Why ? CHAPTEE IV. " We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.'' Before the great gong had sounded its second si the next morning, Mr. Malford, contrary to his custom,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...trampled down Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown at of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...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,... | |
 | John Cumming - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1853 - 212 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...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,... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1853 - 566 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar— But we have...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,... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 592 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain; In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain 1 We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have...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,... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 614 pages
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain In the bright field of Fair Kenown The right of eminent domain! We have not wings —we cannot soar— But we have...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,... | |
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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the... 
