 Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.  Popular Astronomy - Page 392edited by - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...lives. Were a star quench'd on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. March 30, 1874. MONTE CASSINO. BEAtrnFTJL valley, through whose vordant meads Unheard the Garigliauo... | |
 | Samuel Haughton - 1877 - 364 pages
...many Temperance Societies walked in procession amidst the long line of carriages. " So when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." LONGFELLOW. APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME ADDITIONAL EXTRACTS FROM HIS LETTERS AND SPEECHES. A. To HIS... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 212 pages
...lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. tHE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 306 pages
...August 26. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling down from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Charles Sumner. August 27. I hear the wind among the trees, Playing celestial symphonies, I see the... | |
 | 1879 - 810 pages
...posterity. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So, when a great man dies,...years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him Upon the paths of men. THE BATTLE OF FLEETWOOD. BY MAJOR HB THE services rendered by the cavalry of... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 pages
...27. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. HW Longfellow. March March 27. His name was spoken far and near, And sounded sweet on every tongue;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 584 pages
...lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 704 pages
...lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. VOX POPULI. WHEN Marzaran, the magician, Journeyed westward through Cathay, Nothing heard he but the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 144 pages
...lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,...beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies VOX POPULI. WHEN Marzaran, the magician, Journeyed westward through Cathay, Nothing heard he but the... | |
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