 | David Munro - 1881 - 160 pages
...But the sweetest of all music The Pipes at Lucknow played! JG WHITTIER. THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our...each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, The low desire, the base design, That makes another's virtues ICES ; The revel of the ruddy wine, And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 486 pages
...delights and struggles against temptation ... we should have poetry enough to fill a volume. DEIFT-WOOD. Saint Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. THE LADDEE OF ST. AUGUSTINE. Rise, O youth, and wrestle with me. HIAWATHA. NOVEMBER 14. Already the... | |
 | 1881 - 696 pages
...may work at this character-building ; for he tells us in "The Ladder of St. Augustine " : — " St. Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our vices...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! " Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 690 pages
...may work at this character-building ; for he tells us in " The Ladder of St. Augustine " : — " St. Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our vices...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame I . " Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last... | |
 | 1911 - 458 pages
...your letters." 16. Longfellow was the poet of every-day life. He is one of our most popular poets. 17. All common things, each day's events, That with the...our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. 18. Honor to those whose words or deeds, Thus help us in our daily needs. And by their overflow, Raise... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 pages
...believing this, Against His messengers to shut the door ? HW Longfellow. 32 February 11. February 12. 33 All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our d1scontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet... | |
 | 1881 - 796 pages
...marches to the grave." [Psalm of Life. "St. Augustine! well hast thou said INDIANA SCHOOL JOURNAL. 65 A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. * * * * The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 pages
...prayer. Ibid, xxxii. Whose faith has centre everywhere, Nor cares to fix itself to form. Ibid, xxxiii. A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings .... and skim away. In Memoriam. xlvii. Hold thou... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pages
...Gleaming through the realms benighted, As they onward bear the message ! THE LADDER OF ST AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our...All common things, each day's events, That with the liour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. The low... | |
 | Granville series - 1882 - 330 pages
...earth is his prostrate prey, And he darkens the sun at noon of day ! THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. 1. Saint Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. 2. All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our... | |
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SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame... 
