are." It is this poem that answers the terrible question, — " Who shall nerve heroic boys To hazard all in Freedom's fight ? " with that mighty quatrain, — " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, ' Thou must,'... Routine and Ideals - Página 76de Le Baron Russell Briggs - 1904 - 232 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1901 - 578 páginas
...Waldo Emerson, t They are slightly different from those quoted by PERTINAX at the first reference :— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, Brave youth replies, I can. NOTES ON BOOKS, 4c. M. HvAary of the Conquest of Mexico. By William H.... | |
| William Lovett - 1853 - 496 páginas
...reasons are profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, — I 6now them already. " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies. / can." This inner voice, declaring for God and duty, is often hushed, often unheeded, and so at last... | |
| 1894 - 436 páginas
...particulars will be sent to any one interested upon application to either of the officers. Ad month. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...whispers low, "Thou must," The youth replies, "I can." —Emtrson. THE SCHOOL ROOM. SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS. —The day of teaching geography in the old... | |
| Anne Mercier - 1869 - 278 páginas
...Source of light and truth and being. The prize was Christabel's. CHAPTER IX. "READY? AY, READY!" " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...whispers low, ' Thou must,' The youth replies, ' I can.' " RW EMERSON. THERE is no weather, however bright, on which the Greyfriars' churchyard in Edinburgh... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...were ten times slain, Crowns him victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. of the future before us ; Pause not to weep the wild...that comeo'erus ; Hark how Creation's deep, music / can. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose... | |
| Book - 1871 - 366 páginas
...benign, Speed heavenly messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, thou must, The heart replies, / can. The God that worketh high and wise, Nor pauses in his plan, Will take the sun... | |
| 1872 - 900 páginas
...were ten times slain, Crowns him victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted,...called them by name : " Now, Dasher ! now, Dancer ! lean. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, "The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose... | |
| 1872 - 642 páginas
...following verse, by Mr. Emerson, contains the ' pith ' o all the Unitarian sermons ever preached : — ' So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...whispers low, " Thou must," The youth replies, " I can." ' " Dr. Sears asks : ' Has this writer heard the fifteen thousand Unitarian sermons which have been... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 páginas
...were ten times slain, Crowns him victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure, youtli replies, I can. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful... | |
| United States. Congress - 626 páginas
...note of war because of their devotion and because It was their duty. They responded to the challenge: "So nigh Is grandeur to our dust. So near Is God to...whispers low. thou must, The youth replies, I can." Here they lie, heroes of another century. Duty called—they answered. They left home, loved ones,... | |
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