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" It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak... "
The Stars: A Study of the Universe - Page 121
by Simon Newcomb - 1904 - 333 pages
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 11

United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...of Heav'n to me as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, To lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century. But better far it is to speak One simple word which now and then Shall wakeu their free nature in the...
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - Veterans - 1844 - 308 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature...
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature...
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Voices of the True-hearted

American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...heaven to me as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in...
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The Univercœlum and Spiritual Philosopher, Volume 3, Issues 1-26

Parapsychology - 1848 - 424 pages
...heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1872 - 676 pages
...them : they stand thus in the English edition of his " Poetical Works," Routledge & Co., 1852:— " It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those fur stars that come in sight Once in a century ; But better far it is to speak, One simple word, which...
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Delia's Doctors; Or, A Glance Behind the Scenes

Hannah Gardner Creamer - Depression in women - 1852 - 280 pages
...if he did not clothe his ideas in so attractive a garb, I must leave you to your own reflections. ' It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; ' But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men. It may be glorious to write Thought* that shall glud the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 5; Volume 25

John Kitto - Bible - 1853 - 576 pages
...writings are ephemeral. lie introduces the lines, — ' It may be glorious to write Thoughts which shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once iu a century ; But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken a new...
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Benedictions: Or, The Blessed Life

John Cumming - Christian life - 1854 - 322 pages
...LIFE REV. JOHN GUMMING, DD, MINISTER OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL CHURCH, CROWH-COURT, COVENT GARDEN. " It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad...those far stars that come in sight Once in a century : But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken a new nature in the...
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