...; we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale or climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone,...of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the sides, Are crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights...

...cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone...that uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their...

...feats or facts are accomplished. As Longfollow so happily says, in his " Ladder of St. Augustine :" " The mighty pyramids of stone That, wedge-like, cleave...better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs." Perhaps, indeed, it maybe safely concluded that all instances of original greatness aro more the expression...

...soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — • The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone...uprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are cross'd by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reach'd and...

...cannot soar— But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that nprear Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways that appear As we to higher levels...

...it. We see the glory that is entered, but we are ignorant of the toils which must have preceded it. " The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave...pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " So heights by good men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their...

...it. We see the glory that is entered, but we are ignorant of the toils which must have preceded it. " The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like cleave...pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " So heights by good men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their...

...more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like eleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known,...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher...

...cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone...gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uproar Their frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher...

...the hour begin and end, Our pleasures, and our diseontents, Are " rounds," by whieh we may aseend. The distant mountains, that uprear Their frowning foreheads To the skies, Are erossed by pathways that appear, As we to higher levels rise. Standing on what, too long, we bore \\ith...