 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
 | Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 pages
...flourishing greenness which was never blasted. Responsibility. So when a good man dies, For years beyond his ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. — HW Longfellow. Rest in Christ. Go where you will, your soul will find no rest but in Christ's bosom.... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 pages
...Bryant. 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. Longfellow. THE compliments of the season and a merry first of April to us all ! Take my word for this,... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1884 - 778 pages
...worth. Only an angel could tell how he lived, laboured, loved and died. " When a good man dies, Far beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." It was to the little thatched chapel that Capt. S. came to scoff, but remained to pray. It was said... | |
 | 1884 - 824 pages
...truly greater than thou. ABT. II.— THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN WICLIF— HIS DEATH. " And when a jtivat man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Cpon the path of men." AT this season, five hundred years ago, John Wiclif was coming near his end.... | |
 | 1885 - 780 pages
...GRAND REPRESENTATIVE CF THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF MISSISSIPPI, DIED DECEMBER 10, 1885. " When a pood man dies, for years beyond our ken. The light he leaves behind him lies upon the path of men." ajainJi I,';1 -- i'-tim™--'m o) ii tt fi r H ic HI > ra ti ce SIR THOMAS J. HAMPER,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 348 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. Written October 7, 1874, as introduction to the series of volume*, Foeau of... | |
 | John Philip - 1886 - 250 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,...he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." — Longfellow. And what is true of great men is yet more true of good men (and real goodness is true... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1886 - 66 pages
...ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. Mr. BRAGG. Mr. Speaker, I now move the adoption of the resotions. PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. IN THE... | |
 | Julia McNair Wright - 1886 - 340 pages
...they parted with the man on the " down grade." CHAPTER XIV. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. " So, when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Along the lives of men." " LOOK down there," said Rodney, waving his hand toward a village in the valley,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1887 - 360 pages
...lives Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the iky, 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 FIRESIDR Tus ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonHer gilded vane, Immovable for throe... | |
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