 | 1871 - 410 pages
...Longfellow's on — •THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. Saint Augustine t well hast thou said, That of pur vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. All common things— each day's events That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures, and our discontents—... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...for those who, casting their bread upon the waters, find it after many days. PAMELA. STEP BY STEP. WE have not wings ; 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...had sent this Ship of Air. THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 310 pages
...LONGFELLOW'S LATEST POEMS. THE LADDEE OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - 566 pages
...courage ; but every Christian is summoned to be patient. " Saint Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame) All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our discontents... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1854 - 592 pages
...conscience. THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast them said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our... | |
 | 1855 - 396 pages
...palace." THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. BY HENBT W. LONOFELLOW. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...cloister whispers " Peace !" THE LADDER OF ST AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...had sent this Ship of Air. THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGTTSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things — each day's events, That with the hour begin and end ; Our pleasures and our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...Beneath our feet, if we would gain . In the bright field of Fair Renown The right of eminent domain ! We have not wings — we cannot soar — But we have feet to scale and climb The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen and better known,... | |
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SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds... 
