 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 nearer seen, and better known, Are but...  De La Salle Monthly: A Catholic Magazine - Page 1371871Full view - About this book
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...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 stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 360 pages
...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 stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1873 - 476 pages
...Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. Omne ignotum pro magnifico — The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave...When nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. Omnia'mundana nugas aestima — Behold of what delusive worth The bubbles we pursue... | |
 | A M. M - 1873 - 242 pages
...pursuit of knowledge ; and Longfellow's beautiful lines often recurred to her mind, — " The lofty pyramids of stone. That, wedge-like, cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known, Are out gigantic flights of stairs." Then the feeling grew to be more and more strong with her, that every... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 384 pages
...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...When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic nights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed... | |
 | Alfred Porter Putnam - 1875 - 592 pages
...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 stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear The heights by great men reached... | |
 | Alfred Porter Putnam - 1875 - 590 pages
...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 stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear The heights by great men reached... | |
 | Douglas William Freshfield - 1875 - 450 pages
...as Switzerland can nowhere rival. CHAPTER XI. THE BEENTA GEOUP.i The mighty pyramids of stone Which wedgelike cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen...and better known Are but gigantic flights of stairs. — LONOPRU.OW. VAL DI BRKOTA — BOCCA DEI CAMOZZI — VAL AOOLA — PA9SO D AVBIES VAL DI SOLH—... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1876 - 446 pages
...the rest of the ridge. The mighty pyramids of stone, Tlmt, wedge-like, cleave the desert nirs, U'lien nearer seen and better known, Are but gigantic flights...of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. From... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and solid bastions to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The... | |
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