 | Hannah Bradbury Goodwin - 1881 - 380 pages
...saying, "God bless you!" and the maiden's tears attested the truth and beauty of this stanza : — "Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build...skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.' CHAPTER XIII. MAKIN i " PROGRESS. " He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...sapphire walls ; But the dream departs and the vision falls, And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone. Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build...skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND. Longing for God. HOW gently flow the silent years, The seasons one by one !... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - Birthday books - 1881 - 378 pages
...walls ; But the dreams depart, and the v1sion falls, And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone. Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build...skies, And we mount to its summit, round by round. y. G. Holland. - May 14. How can I cease to pray for thee ? Somewhere In God's great universe thou... | |
 | Education - 1881 - 516 pages
...of eminence in their own profession. They should learn at once that • " Heaven Is not reached by a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we...skies ; And we mount to its summit round by round." Every teacher must be the architect of his own success. He must build his own ladder; then he must... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1881 - 236 pages
...walls ; But the dreams depart, and the vision falls, t And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of stone. Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build...lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to the summit round by round. JG HOLLAND. THE SONG OF THE CRICKETS. UNDER the grass, in the bright summer... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...writer for the Springfield Republican. His writings have been very popular. both in prose and verse. 337 I count this thing to be grandly true ; That a noble deed is a step toward God, Lifting the soul... | |
 | American literature - 1882 - 404 pages
...sublime. And departing leave behind us Footprints on ihe sands of time." J 5. " Heaven is not gained at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which...skies, And we mount to its summit round by round," 6. *' But it never could be kind, dear, In haste to act or speak ; It never could be noble To harm... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - American literature - 1883 - 302 pages
...Unknown, Blind and wailing and all alone, Into the light of day ? The Cradle-Song from " Bitter-Sweet," Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build...skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. Gradatin*. We rise by the things that are under feet — ' By what we have mastered of good and gain,... | |
 | Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...their thoughts, sentiments, and acts, it will become a principle of dissolution and death. XXXV.— GRADATION. HEAVEN is not reached at a single bound;...lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to the summit round by round. I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward... | |
 | Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...walls; But the dreams depart, and the vision falls, And the sleeper awakes on his pillow of stone. Heaven is not reached at a single bound; But we build...lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to the summit round by round. SPURGEON'S ADVICE. No one is more like an honest man than a thorough rogue.... | |
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Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. 
