 New occasions teach new duties : Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through...  The Atlantic Monthly - Sivu 7061927Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1893 - 902 sivua
...Lincoln's death. But there is a heroic work for them to do : " New occasions teach new duties, Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still and onward, Who would keep abreast of truth." " The Boys in Blue did a fearful but necessary work of destruction," said Lincoln of the... | |
 | 1872 - 710 sivua
...[harder ?) — Shakespeare. 2406. OCCASIONS, Duties and. 3icw occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ter of Truth : Lo ! before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must pilgrims be, .Launch our Mayflower,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 488 sivua
...light up the martyr.fagots round the prophets of to.day ? New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; l,o, before us gleam her camp.fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower,... | |
 | 1918 - 402 sivua
...Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb." 8. " New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth, They must upward still, and...Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key." — Lowell.... | |
 | 1876 - 564 sivua
...light up the martyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day ? New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 sivua
...light up the martyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day ? New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower,... | |
 | Monday Club (Boston). - 1892 - 422 sivua
...circumstances which, even if we know they mean certain disaster, we cannot avoid, but must embrace. "We ourselves must pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower and steer boldly Through the wintry sea." That is the plane of commonality on which we stand, the position which we occupy with... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1877 - 298 sivua
...past. Their hearts are always sighing with the poet : " New occasions teach new duties ; time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth. Lo ! before us gleam her camp-fires. We ourselves must Pilgrims be ; Launch our Mayflower,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 sivua
...light up the martyr- fagots round the prophets of to-day ? New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims lie, Launch our Mayflower,... | |
 | WM. James - 1878 - 460 sivua
...maxim, Be of your own time ; or, as our own poet has it: " New occasions teach new duties: Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward Who would keep abreast of Truth." What we have to do is to meet the modern spirit fairly and lead it up to higher ground.... | |
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