 THE longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men, Seeing how most are fugitive, Or fitful gifts, at best, of now and then, Wind-wavered corpse-lights, daughters of the fen, The more we feel the high stern-featured beauty Of plain...  The Elementary School Teacher - Side 4411907Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.) - 1904 - 1056 sider
...for example, building, assistant, society, department, proprietor. 1. Write from memory the lines: The longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men, The more we feel the high, stern-feathered beauty Of plain devotedness to duty. Steadfast and eiill nor paid with mortal praise,... | |
 | 1904 - 214 sider
...the past and future by the golden chains of reverent appreciation and ennobling responsibility. ' ' The longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men, Seeing how most are fugitive, Or fitful gifts at best of now and then ; The more we feel the high stern... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 358 sider
...statelier movement then Than this we fret in, he a denizen Of that ideal Rome that made a man for men. VI The longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men, Seeing how most are fugitive, Or fitful gifts, at best, of now and then, Wind-wavered corpse-lights,... | |
 | Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction - 1905 - 904 sider
...life and services placed him in that rank of manhood described by Lowell in the following lines: " The longer on this earth we live, And weigh the various...Steadfast and still, nor paid with mortal praise. Rut finding amplest rec rapense . . . In work done squarely, and unwasted days." ILL.'. JOHN CAVEN,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 740 sider
...fugitive, Or fitful gifts, at best, of now and then, Wind-wavered corpse-lights, daughters of the fen, The more we feel the high stern-featured beauty Of...ungarlanded expense In work done squarely and unwasted dijs. For this we honor him, that he could know How sweet the service and how free Of her, God's eldest... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905 - 746 sider
...daughters of the fen, The more we feel the high stern-featured Of plain devotedness to duty, 290 beauty Steadfast and still, nor paid with mortal praise,...ungarlanded expense In work done squarely and unwasted days. For this we honor him, that he could know How sweet the service and how free Of her, God's eldest daughter... | |
 | 1905 - 198 sider
...the vast majority are making the world a fitter place in which to live, by hard and faithful work, "Finding amplest recompense For life's ungarlanded expense In work done squarely and unwasted days." "THE FRENCHMAN." By B. S. ALLEN. QROBABLY the most picturesque incident in connection with the early... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 738 sider
...stern-featured beauty Of plain devotedness to duty, 19. Steadfast and still, nor paid with mortal Zise, g amplest recompense For life's ungarlanded expense In work done squarely and unwasted days. For this we honor him, that he could know How sweet the service and how free Of her, God's eldest daughter... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 730 sider
...statelier movement then Than this we fret in, he a denizen Of that ideal Rome that made a man for VI longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men, Seeing how most are fugitive, Or fitful gifts, at best, of now and then, Wind-wavered corpse-lights,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 738 sider
...fugitive, Or fitful gifts, at best, of now and then, Wind-wavered corpse-lights, daughters of the fen, The more we feel the high stern-featured beauty Of plain devotedness to duty, 19* Steadfast and still, nor paid with mortal praise, But finding amplest recompense For life's ungarlanded... | |
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