 Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.  American Medicine - Page 5561916Full view - About this book
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 pages
...He who plowed and who sowed is not missed by the reaper. He is only remembered by what he has done." "Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light. Still traveling downward from the sky, For years beyond his ken The light he leaves behind hlm lies Shine... | |
 | Literature - 1879 - 1036 pages
...Aladdin's tower Unfinished must remain ! " Sumner dies, and he drops a melodious tear upon his grave : " Were a. star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. " So, when a great man dies, For years... | |
 | Vice-Presidents - 1876 - 178 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight ; So •when a great man dies, For years... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 306 pages
...And always as merry as a thunderstorm in the night. The Spanish Student—Aci 3, sc. 6. August 26. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling down from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken The... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1879 - 810 pages
...battle of Gettysburg, Major General John F. Reynolds' bright name and fame will pass down to posterity. Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So, when a great man dies, For years beyond... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1880 - 686 pages
...Sumner dies, and he drops a melodious tear upon his grave : " Were a star quenched on high, For age> would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. " So when a gre it man dies, And again he bids him farewell in a touching sonnet, with a pathetic and unexpected... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars. q. LONGFELLOW — The Light of Stars. of daily virtuous living. ic. CAKLYLE — Essays....delight, that they may mend mankind. And, while th r. LONGFELLOW — Charles Sumner. St 8. And made the stars, And set them in the firmament of heav'n.... | |
 | 1882 - 972 pages
...he being dead, will speak to far-off generations," and so we can apply to him the beautiful words of Longfellow : " Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So, when a great man dies, For years beyond... | |
 | Medicine - 1882 - 598 pages
...imperial genius who would have succeeded in any department of investigation. Their work still lives. "Were a star quenched on high For ages would its light Still traveling downward from the sky Shine on our mortal sight. "So when a good man dies For years beyond... | |
 | Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb - Geneaology - 1882 - 308 pages
...life and death, When life in death survives, And the uninterrupted breath Inspires a thousand lives. " Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still traveling downward from the sky, Shine on onr mortal sight. " So when a great man dies, For years beyond... | |
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