 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 páginas
...exprest, at last who says it I 'll try my fortune with tho rest. 'T is his at last who says it best, — Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write Ilia word or two, and then cornea night. "Lo, time and space enough," we cry, "To write an epic I"... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 páginas
...AN AUTOGRAPH. THOUGH old the thought and oft «xprest, 'T is his at last who says it best, — I '11 try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper...each one of us may write His word or two, and then conies night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic ! " so we trv Our nibs upon... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 páginas
...will the Twentieth Century be, If the Nineteenth's youngsters are all like Jim ? KP Osgood. October 8. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of...us may write His word or two, and then comes night. Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim,... | |
 | 1880 - 208 páginas
...country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. —Goldsmith: "The Deserted Village." XLI. LIFE is a leaf of paper white, Whereon each one of...us may write His word or two, and then comes night. Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime,— Not failure, but low aim,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1881 - 222 páginas
...crowned lackeys bore the train, Of the pinchbeck Charlemagne : ' Sister, stint not length of thread ! Sister, stay the scissors dread ! On Saint Helen's...exprest, "T is his at last who says it best, — I '11 try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 páginas
...will the Twentieth Century be, If the Nineteenth's youngsters are all like Jim ? KP Osgood. October 8. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of...us may write His word or two, and then comes night. Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim,... | |
 | Amanda Bartlett Harris - 1881 - 428 páginas
...on troublesome people ; But carry your feet, and tread on air As though you lived on a steeple. MRW Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write. Greatly begin ! though thou hast time But for a line, be that sublime — Not failure, but low aim,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1882 - 388 páginas
...is fleeting " is from the Greek. Such fragments are the property of any man who aptly uses them. " Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best." Milton's obligations to Dante, to Fletcher, and others, are well known. The idea of the line, " And... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 518 páginas
...nor nation Will move with full consent In heavenly gravitation, Yet by one Sun is every orbit bent. FOR AN AUTOGRAPH. THOUGH old the thought and oft exprest, *T is his at last who says it best, — I '11 try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 484 páginas
...move with full consent In heavenly gravitation, Yet by one Sun is every orbit bent. FOR AN AtJTOGRAPH. THOUGH old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best, — I '11 try my fortune with the rest. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His... | |
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Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night. " Lo, time and space enough," we cry, " To write an epic ! " so we try Our nibs upon the edge, and die. 
