| Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 páginas
...the largest. Honor is the hill which few may hope to climb ; Duty is the path that all may tread. v Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a line,...that sublime — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. I ask not a life for the dear one All sunshine, as others have done. But that life may have just enough... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 518 páginas
...and loves the bold, Soon come tb* darkness and the cold. Greatly begin ! though thou have tin* Hut for a line, be that sublime, — Not failure, but...low aim, is crime. Ah, with what lofty hope we came I Hut we forget it, dream of fame, And scrawl, as I do here, a name. AL FRESCO. THE dandelions and... | |
| 1912 - 748 páginas
...I/ife 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,...that sublime — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. — JR Lowell. The cleverest words Thackeray uttered about great men were arranged thus: 'They may... | |
| Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 páginas
...A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Life is a leaf of paper white, Whereon each one of us may write. Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a line,...that sublime. Not failure, but low aim, is crime. In the scale of the destinies, brawn will never weigh so much as brain. Wrong ever builds on quicksands,... | |
| P. Garrett - 1888 - 952 páginas
...is a leaf of paper white, Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then conies night. Greatly begin ! Though thou have time But for a line,...that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. 1. ''-'':>. He who is wrong in the tens will be wrong in the thou«ands. John Ploughman. A beggar asking... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 páginas
...pen to hold, Luck hates the slow and loves the bold, Soon come the darkness and the cold. <3reatly begin! though thou have time But for a line, be that...but low aim, is crime. Ah, with what lofty hope we camel But we forget it, dream of fame, And scrawl, as I do here, a name. AFTER THE BURIAL. YES, faith... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 318 páginas
...Our nibs upon the edge, and die. Muse not which way the pen to hold, Luck hates the slow and loves the bold, Soon come the darkness and the cold. Greatly...low aim, is crime. Ah, with what lofty hope we came I But we forget it, dream of fame, And scrawl, as I do here, a name. AL FRESCO THE dandelions and buttercups... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 312 páginas
...Our nibs upon the edge, and die. Muse not which way the pen to hold, Luck hates the slow and loves the bold., Soon come the darkness and the cold. Greatly...that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. AL FRESCO THE dandelions and buttercups Gild all the lawn ; the drowsy bee Stumbles among the clover-tops,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 562 páginas
...pen to hold, Luck hates the slow and loves the bold, ' Soon come the darkness and the cold. O.rratly begin ! though thou have time But for a line, be that...low aim, is crime. Ah, with what lofty hope we came I But we forget it, dream of fame, And scrawl, as I do here, a name. AL FRESCO. THR dandelions and... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 452 páginas
...Our nibs upon the edge, and die. Muse not which way the pen to hold, Luck hates the slow and loves the bold. Soon come the darkness and the cold. Greatly begin ! though thou have time But for a hne, be that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim, is crime. Ah, with what lofty hope we came ! But... | |
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