 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
 | Grant Family Association - 1899 - 564 pages
...from the fine record of a genuine life, as seen in the course of our common ancestor, Matthew Grant. " So when a great man dies For years beyond our ken...he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." Greetings were ordered to be sent to Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, whom illness prevented from being present,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1939 - 140 pages
...lives. 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. JXemarfes bp Bepretfentattoe Of Illinois Mr. REED of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, once more the messenger... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1939 - 140 pages
...lives. 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. &emarfc£ bj> JXepresentattbe Of Illinois Mr. REED of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, once more the messenger... | |
 | 1902 - 1016 pages
...poetic children of Nature in Africa, ceased to give forth light on earth. But, as Longfellow well says: When a great man dies, for years beyond our ken The...light he leaves behind him lies upon the paths of men. William Taylor was one of the most robust and striking characters of the century, to be classed with... | |
 | United States. Congress House - 1941 - 84 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 Along the paths of men. &emark£ bp JEepresfentattbe -Etrijatbtf Of South Carolina Mr. RICHARDS. Mr.... | |
 | United States. 79th Cong., 1st sess., 1945, United States. Congress - 1947 - 80 pages
...the world, the name Honest Abe lives on as an inspiration to free people everywhere. "So when a good man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Across the paths of men." God bless the memory of our former Governor and your former United States... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1964 - 936 pages
...Kennedy: 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. ADDRESS BY Hon. Don Fuqua OF FLORIDA Mr. Speaker, I stood there on the hillside. To my right and to... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1966 - 186 pages
...effectiveness and efficiency with his constituency. [96] But, as the great American poet has said : So when a great man dies For years beyond our ken,...light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men. ADDRESS BY HON. NEAL SMITH OF IOWA Mr. Speaker, Members of this body who have served for many, many... | |
 | 1921 - 590 pages
...willing to sacrifice himself that others might live. Let me close with this statement : "When a good man dies For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men." Cleansing the Skin in Vaccinations with Alcohol Containing Phenol. — It has come to the attention... | |
 | Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1910 - 602 pages
..."If a star were quenched on high, for ages it 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 falls upon the paths of men." Surely this nation was wonderfully blessed in its early history, and... | |
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