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 121by Simon Newcomb - 1904 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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