 BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own ; Then wilt thou see it gleam in many eyes, Then will pure light around thy path be shed, And thou wilt nevermore be sad and lone.  The Poetical Works - Page 86by James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - Literary Criticism - 1841 - 206 pages
...and whole ? Doth narrow search show thee no earthly stain ? BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping but never dead, Will rise in...be shed, And thou wilt nevermore be sad and lone. VII. TO . DEEM it no Sodom-fruit of vanity, Or fickle fantasy of unripe youth i Which ever takes the... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 498 pages
...the world can give or take away. TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATS. BY J. П. LOWELL. GREAT soul, thou eittoet with me in my room, Uplifting me with thy vast, quiet eyes, On whoso full orbs with kindly lustre lies The twilight warmth of ruddy ember-gloom ; Thy clear, strong... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1843 - 342 pages
...the remains of many of their ancestors who once were great and noble ; -And the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet their own." FUNERALS, TOMBS, &c. " Lo ! as the surpliced train draws near To this last mansion of mankind,... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - New York (N.Y.) - 1845 - 310 pages
...thou wouldst have a brother frank to thee, be frank to him. ' Se nuble ! and the nobleness that lieu In other men, sleeping but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.' ' But what will people say V Why does it concern thee what they say ? Thy life is not in their hands.... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 340 pages
...remains of many of their ancestors who once were great and noble ; '• And the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet their own-" FUNERALS, TOMBS, &c. " Lo ! as the surpliced train draws near To this last mansion of mankind,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...and whole ? Doth narrow search show thee no earthly stain ? BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise...pure light around thy path be shed, And thou wilt never more be sad and lone. 1840. V. TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATS. GREAT soul, thou sittest with me in my... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - New York (N.Y.) - 1850 - 300 pages
...thou wouldst have a brother frank to thee, be frank to him. ' Be noble ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.1 ' But what will people say"?' Why does it "concern thee what they say 1 Thy life is not in their... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - Blue Ridge Mountains - 1855 - 444 pages
...heart's door. " BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Shall rise in majesty to meet thine own. Then wilt thou see it gleam in other eyes, Then will pure light around thy path be shed, And thou wilt never more be sad and lone."... | |
 | Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - Blue Ridge Mountains - 1855 - 454 pages
...heart's door. " BK NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Shall rise in majesty to meet thine own. Then wilt thou see it gleam in other eyes, Then will pure light around thy path be shed, And thou wilt never more be sad and lone."... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - Etiquette - 1857 - 506 pages
...divinity within you : — this do for the benefit of others, " Be noble ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise, in majesty, to meet thine own !" With so exalted an aim as I have proposed for your adoption, you will be slow to tolerate peccadilloes,... | |
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