 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 - 1894 - 748 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 - 1883 - 588 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. j TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 356 pages
...lives Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the rtcy, 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 - 1883 - 744 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 fn'Iing fast, And yonder gilded vane, Immovable for... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 pages
...ORDER. 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,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. LONGFELLOW. PROSE ORDER. If a star were quenched in the heavens, its light, traveling downward from... | |
 | 1886 - 1128 pages
...beautifully said : " Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light Stream downward from the sky Upon our mortal sight. " So when a great man dies; For...he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." ORIGINAL ARTICLES. ELECTROLYSIS IN GYNECOLOGY; WITH A REPORT OF THREE CASES OF FIBROID TUMOR SUCCESSFULLY... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, о till 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 Cpon the paths of men. TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE. THE ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...eternal thunders of the deep, into my ears this truth, — thou livest forever ! (Byron. INFLUENCE. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. (Longfellow. I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...Sunday School goes on. Wilberforce is dead, but the slave will find for ages a protector in his memory. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Almost every individual, however inferior in talent, or obscure his station in life may be, has a certain... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 pages
...done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. CABLYLE. So, when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. LONGFELLOW. He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves. SHAKESPEARE. INGRATITUDE.... | |
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