 New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 69by James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1825 - 398 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth : Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea." 11 OF A LECTURE DELIVERED BEFORE THE ESSEX 'INSTITUTE, MAY 12, 1850, RESPECTING THE FOUNDERS OF V wttnf... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...countrymen for not at once accepting it as t he measures of their daily life. i full of glow and " What visionary tints the year puts on When falling...leaves falter through motionless air Or numbly cling aud shiver to be gone! How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare, As wilh her nectar Hebe Autumn... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward, still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key. SONG. BT THOMAS HOOBE. Oh, no !— not e'en when first we loved, Were thou as dear as now thou art,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...the Future's portal with the Past's bloodrusted key. SUMMER STORM. UNTBEMULOTTS in the river clear, Toward the sky's image, hangs the imaged bridge ; So... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...portal with the Past's bloodrusted key. December, 1845. SUMMER STORM. UNTBEMULOUS in the river clear, Toward the sky's image, hangs the imaged bridge... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - Boston courier - 1852 - 270 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must...portal with the Past's blood-rusted key. December, 11, IMS. ON THE CAPTURE OF CERTAIN FUGITIVE SLAVES NEAR WASHINGTON. BY THE SAME. Look on who will in... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - Abolitionists - 1852 - 428 pages
...makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward, still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth: — Lo! before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...winter sea, Nor attempt the FUTURE'S portal with the FAST'S blood-rusted key.' The history of the world presents no period so interesting or so sublime... | |
 | Pilgrim Society (Plymouth, Mass.) - Festivals - 1853 - 206 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth : Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea." THE PRESIDENT. — "There have been so many eloquent voices in our Senate that I might say I do not... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1856 - 736 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of Truth: Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must...and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea." THE LANDMARK OF FREEDOM; FREEDOM NATIONAL. SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AGAINST THB REPEAL... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1856 - 348 pages
...Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth : Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves...and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea.' " The next great senatorial effort of Mr. Sumner was his speech against the repeal of the Missouri... | |
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