 | 1884 - 656 pages
...saving them after all. " I hold 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." ealjr 0f AND now that Sarah was dead, Abraham came to mourn and to weep over her. But was not Abraham... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...Life of Washiaffloii" " 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." Tennyton't " /» Memvriam." SCRAPS. TIIE SCHOLAR'S BREECHES. Mr son was lately obliged, under stress... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXX1II. 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 in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand thro' time to... | |
 | Rugby sch - 1850 - 176 pages
...to it as a despot. Perfection is- above us, and we should strive to mount the ladder, knowing that men may " rise on< stepping-stones of their dead selves to higher things." It is not therefore at all inconsistent with present energy to look back into the past, thougJi to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII. 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 in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand through time... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 724 pages
...grew the "Daily common range of visible things." Experience began to aid him, and he seemed to realize how " men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." To him the language of Teunyson was applicable : — " Let knowledge grow from more to more, But rm>re... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 422 pages
...MEMOEIAM AHH OEITT MDCccxxxm. 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 in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand thro' time to... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1851 - 568 pages
...beautiful series of poems : " I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, 1 hat men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." The following stanza, also in the poem nnm- 1 bered 87., much needs interpretation : " Or cooled within... | |
 | Education - 1893 - 404 pages
...noble." — The Princess. "I hold 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." — In Memoriam. "Hower'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - Boarding schools - 1857 - 446 pages
...SCHOOL DATS. PART II. " I [hold] it truthn 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." TENNYSON. CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TURNED. " Once to every man and nation, cornea the moment to decide,... | |
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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. 
