 | Joseph William Reynolds - Miracles - 1881 - 482 pages
...in his being, which give priceless value and eternal meaning to his existence. " So close is glory to our dust, So near is God to man — When duty whispers low, ' Thou must," The youth replies, ' I can.' " EMERSON. Holy Faith has been proved again and again by the best, why doubt we with the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1881 - 224 pages
...games, Foisake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray ? Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of j. To hearts in sloth and ease. U to j. <•* V & r fr '* So nigh is grandeur to ourVmat. "wf) . r... | |
 | Charles H. Kent - Conduct of life - 1881 - 144 pages
...helpless if misfortune should overtake her. FAITH AND WORKS. "So nigh is grandenr to our dust, So near ia God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / care.'' " Trifles make perfection, but perfection itself is no trifle." It is the multiplication... | |
 | Education - 1882 - 598 pages
...utterance of those words of Emerson written in the Hall of Marlborough College : " So close is glory to our dust; • So near is God to man — When duty whispers low, ' thou must,' The youth replies ' I can.' " The influence of such a Master was felt not only in his own school, but in the schools... | |
 | Theodore Thornton Munger - Conduct of life - 1882 - 260 pages
...profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, I know them already. "So close is glory to our dust, So near is God to man; When duty whispers low, Thou most, The youth replies, I can." This inner voice, declaring for God and duty, is often hushed, often... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...Forsake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray ? Dd Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages,...whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. GOOD-BYE, PROUD WORLD ! GOOD-BYE, proud world! I'm going home; Thou 'rt not my friend, and I 'm not... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1883 - 344 pages
...games, Forsake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray 1 Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages,...whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...games, Forsake their comrades gay And quit proud homes and youthful dames For famine, toil and fray ? Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages,...whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...games, Forsake their comrades gay And quit proud homes and youthful dames For famine, toil and fray? Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages,...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, lean. IV. 0, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 pages
...games, Forsake their comrades gay And quit proud homes and youthful dames For famine, toil and fray ? Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages,...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, lean. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. 
