 | 1885 - 676 pagine
...and courage. Show them that temptation can be escaped or conquered, that failure is not defeat, and " that men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things." Believe me they are looking eagerly for such help, and will welcome it with all their hearts. It is... | |
 | 1862 - 608 pagine
...increasing purpose]runs," &c. from Tennyson's Locksley Hall. " I held It truth with him who sings1 To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead Belves to higher things." I would refer K. to a poem of Longfellow's,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 pagine
...they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMOKIAM AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXXin. 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. But who shall so forecast the years, . And find... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1863 - 448 pagine
...one who went to sleep first, and slept the soundest. CHAPTER IV. " I hold it true with him who sings, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." In Memoriam. I DON'T know how we all tumbled into our usual every-day routine the next morning, but... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1864 - 210 pagine
...Laureate's " In Memoriam." In this stanza, two rhyming verses come between other two ; eg : — " I held it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stonea Of their dead selves to higher things. •' But who shall so forecast the years And... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1864 - 384 pagine
...suggestions of other men. In * So does Tennyson. In " In Memoriam," the reference — " I held it true, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That we may rise on stepping-stones Of our dead selves to higher things" — is to Longfellow, and his poem... | |
 | Edward Dutton Cook - 1865 - 358 pagine
...8vo, cloth, price 12s. HELEN FELTON'S QUESTION: a Problem in a Novel. By AGNES WYLDE. One volume. ' I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp...stepping stones " Of their dead selves to higher things.' Second Edition. A MEEE STORY. By the Author of 'Twice Lost/ 3 vols., post 8vo, 24s. ' A clever story,... | |
 | Agnes Wylde - 1865 - 378 pagine
... HELEN FELTON'S QUESTION. A PROBLEM IN A NOVEL. AGNES WYLDE. ' 1 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.' LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON, MII.TON... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1865 - 374 pagine
...CHAPTEE XVI. THE DAWN OF LIGHT. " I hold it truth, with one who sings To one clear harp in diverse tones, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves, to higher things." TENNYSON. THE next morning Charlie awoke in no enviable frame of mind. He had a dull headache and a... | |
 | George Barton Ide - 1866 - 354 pagine
...that imparts dignity to the citizen, in all that insures repose and prosperity to the state. " 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." So simple and yet so thorough is the method... | |
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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. 
