 | 1864 - 974 pages
...progress both lengthened and widened. In the spirit of the great \\otit of our own day we s»y, — " Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves ofchanyc. " Tet amid all changes may we attain to the Changeless — having Him and His as ours. May... | |
 | John Walker - 1865 - 800 pages
...accent on the first syllable gives the verse an abrupt and rapid manner. XXÍV THE EblTOE'S PREFACE. "Not in vain the distance beacons; Forward, forward,...we sweep into the younger day ; Better fifty years in Europe than a cycle in Cathay." Poe's remarkable poem, The Raven, is also composed in this measure,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 404 pages
...should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon ! JTot in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let...spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Thro' the shadow of the globe we sweep into the younger day : Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle... | |
 | 1866 - 744 pages
...us, how full of exultation at the forward attitude of the world, at last breaking out grandly — " Through the shadow of the globe, we sweep into the younger day, Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay." Thus sings the poet in Locksley Hall ; thus does he teach his grand lesson ; thus... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...Forward, forward let us range. Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. Thro' the shadow of the globe we sweep into the younger day : Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Mother-Age (for mine I knew not) help me as when life begun : Rift the hills, and... | |
 | 1866 - 588 pages
...process of the suns. *********** NS — I. 2 U Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let ns range. Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Through the shadows of the globe we sweep into the younger day : Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon ! Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range ; Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. Through the shadow of the globe we sweep into the younger... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 398 pages
...better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua'* moon in Ajalon ! Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range. Let the great world spm forever down the ringing grooves of change. Through the shadow of the globe we sweep into the younger... | |
 | Church - 1866 - 568 pages
...the positivist will not see, that in other respects man remains essentially the same, although " — the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change." True, man is no plant vegetating for ages on the same spot and in the same way. There is a progress.... | |
 | George Barton Ide - 1866 - 354 pages
...from Heaven, and rendered immortal by righteousness, shall be destroyed by the breath of Jehovah. " Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range. Let tjie great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change, Through the shadow of the globe we... | |
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Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range; Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. 
