 | 1882 - 450 Seiten
...gain, In the bright fields of fair renown, The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb, By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The distant mountains that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are... | |
 | 1871 - 410 Seiten
...field of fair renown, The right of eminent domain. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we I iiive feet to scale and climb. By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes,... | |
 | 1858 - 788 Seiten
...our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. We hare not wings — we cannot soar; Bat we hare feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more, The cloudy summits of oar time. " ' 'My dear Miss Wyndham, pray don't run off with what I have said; really... | |
 | 1856 - 978 Seiten
...small cheerful room that first night dis ened. Why ? CHAPTEE IV. " We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.'' Before the great gong had sounded its second si the next morning, Mr.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 Seiten
...would gain In the bright field of Fair Renown at of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 Seiten
...gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 Seiten
...gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — • The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 Seiten
...gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar— But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 592 Seiten
...gain; In the bright field of fair renown The right of eminent domain 1 We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 Seiten
...gain In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When... | |
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We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. 
