 I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.  Self Culture - Page 6231895Full view - About this book
 | 1885 - 668 pages
...unto wisdom." — PSALM xc., 1 z. " I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." TENNYSON'S In Memoriam. WE are all born, as it were, in a valley. Starting from the cradle our pathway... | |
 | Christina Catherine Liddell - 1879 - 270 pages
...might learn Thy precepts.' And you know In Memoriam ?" " Yes." " ' I hold it truth with him that sings, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things,' " she repeated softly; "Fred will rise to 'higher things.' " " Ah, you are so full of faith," he answered.... | |
 | T. Williams - 1879 - 126 pages
...self-love comes into direct condiet ; so much so that, not only is it true that, as the poet says, — " Men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things," but that there is, indeed, no other way by which they can really rise. Our present point, however,... | |
 | 1880 - 576 pages
...writer, So long as ' In . Memoriam ' is read people will ask, Who ' sings to one clear harp in divers tones, that men may rise on stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things ' ? What is the meaning of ' before the crimson circled star had fallen into her father's grave ' ?... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 476 pages
...And in thy wisdom make me wise. I held it truth, with him who sings <s To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years, And find in loss a gain to match ? so Or reach a hand through... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1880 - 590 pages
...situation." CHAPTER XVIII. A FRESH START. " I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp, in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." " I'VE had a letter from Diggs, and he's a regular brick ! " shouted Frank on the last morning of the... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 362 pages
...same quotation from St. Augustine. I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Many persons on reading the " In Memoriam," have inquired who it is that is referred to. Longfellow... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 354 pages
...same quotation from St. Augustine. I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Many persons on reading the ." In Memoriam," have inquired who it is that is referred to. Longfellow... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Book I MILTOX. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 1 held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers Far flashed the red in jicmfriam. TENNYSON. Saint Augustine ! well hast thon said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 278 pages
...place beneath. — Shakespeare. 6. I hold, in truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. — Tennyson. 7. An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves. — Mrs. LM Child.... | |
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