 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 3921910Full view - About this book
 | Susan Coolidge - 1890 - 382 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. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THE splendors of the firmament of time May be eclipsed, but are extinguished... | |
 | 1890 - 792 pages
..."Were a star quenched on high For ages would its light Still travelling downward from the sky Fall on our mortal sight ; So when a great man dies For...he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." WHEREAS, It has pleased the Great Teacher of mankind to call to a higher world the veteran teacher,... | |
 | James Stark - 1890 - 200 pages
...live in this world, in lives made better by our presence, if we have been living io God. " When a good man dies For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." Tr.&NBULL AM> ri'.AI: .. I'KINTKBS. KIUNBUKOH. ... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - 1890 - 678 pages
...light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our montal sight. So when a great man dies, Ages beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men, THE SOUTH IN MOURNING. From the "Siberian Star." HENRY W. GRADY, the peerless orator and true patriot,... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1891 - 296 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." The influence which our dead have over us is ofttimes very great. We think we have lost them when we... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 pages
...insects swarm.. —JAMES FREEMAN CLARK. 2. It indicates what is customary. So when a good man (lien, For years beyond our ke,n The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.—IJONGFELLOW. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea.—BYRON. 8. It is... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1892 - 272 pages
...50. 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. INDEX. Numbers refer to paragraphs. Abbreviated clauses, 517. Absolute construction, 128, 438. Abstract... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1892 - 284 pages
...50. 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. INDEX. Numbers refer to paragraphs. Abbreviated clauses, 517. Absolute construction, 128, 438. Abstract... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1892 - 900 pages
...ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Bless our mortal sight : "So when a goo I man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." As I repeat these lines, Mr. Chairman, I know that there comes back to you those well remembered words... | |
 | VIRGINIA W. JOHNSON - 1892 - 402 pages
...SUPERB Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling down-ward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years heyond our ken, The light he leaves hehind him lies Upon the paths of men. LONGFELLOW. GENOA THE SUPERB... | |
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