 | Francis Wharton - 1859 - 410 pages
...St. Augustine; or, to take Mr. Longfellow's paraphrase,— 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. We may here find the ground-work of a peculiar com* Hodge's Way of Life, p. 99. f Hamilton's Reid, p.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...yore Saint Filomena bore. 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 - 1859 - 136 pages
...onward bear the message ! THE LADDEE OP 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, eacn day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents,... | |
 | 1860 - 880 pages
...the " Ladder of St. Augustine," which commences : — " 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 oar... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...the message ! THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUOUSTINK ! well hast thou said, That of our viees 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 diseontents,... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...himself, In lowliness of heart. WORDSWORTH. St. Qnyastiaat. 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... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...destroyed Is suicide where more than blood is spilt.YOUNO. 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! LONGFELLOW. [See also THE FALL — TEMPTATION.] HABIT. Habits are soon assumed, but when we strive... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...ST. AUGUSTINE. .SAINT AUOUSTINE ! well liRst thou said. That of our vices we can frame A ladder,73 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,... | |
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