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 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1908 - 186 pages
...he: He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, 190 Till the wise years decide. Great captains, with their...comes; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, 195 Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient,... | |
 | Horatio Sheafe Krans - 1909 - 186 pages
...some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait Safe in himself as in a fate. So always...judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These are all gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave,... | |
 | Henry Evarts Gordon - Elocution - 1911 - 332 pages
...loud beat, And through the wide land everywhere The answering tread of hurrying feet. — READ 27. He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...decide. Great captains, with their guns and drums, But at last silence comes ! These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold... | |
 | Archie Dallas Williams - 1911 - 264 pages
...innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives and can not wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly...time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment... | |
 | Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury - American poetry - 1912 - 634 pages
...some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always...judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These are all gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - American poetry - 1912 - 702 pages
...condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. 185 So always firmly he: He knew to bide his time, And...simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 100 Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all are gone, and, standing... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1913 - 820 pages
...levellined. Fruitful and friendly for all human kind, Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars. And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple...judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes ; These are all gone, and. standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave,... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1914 - 614 pages
...Let us prove that we are'men and not beasts. Let us follow the example of him of whom lyOwell said : He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...for the hour. But at last silence comes; These all arc gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave,... | |
 | Lucy Lilian NOTESTEIN (and DUNN (Waldo Hilary)) - Short story - 1914 - 236 pages
...the best. To produce a Shortstory in this way may take a lifetime. Yet the true writer knows how ... to bide his time And can his fame abide, Still patient...Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes,1 and the verdict of ages. 1 James Russell Lowell, Harvard Commemoration Ode. > 201 West 1151..... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - Celebrities - 1915 - 326 pages
...some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always...judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These are all gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave,... | |
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