 | Electronic journals - 1901 - 578 pages
...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.... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1901 - 688 pages
...DAVIES. Hawthorn, Black Rock. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9th S. viii. 85).— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, "Thou muet," The youth replies, " I can !" ' Voluntaries,' Ralph Waldo Emerson. He is oft the wisest man... | |
 | William Lovett - Conduct of life - 1853 - 496 pages
...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 man, 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... | |
 | Church and social problems - 1885 - 676 pages
...to repudiate that doctrine. I give you a finer and a nobler motto — So nigh is glory to our duty, So near is God to man ; When duty whispers low "Thou must," The soul replies, " I can." And if I am to speak to you about duties, I will mention one which is too often... | |
 | American essays - 1867 - 784 pages
...grace diviue To hearts in sloth and case. 1 867.] Reviews and Literary Notices. So nigh is grandeur to our dust. So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Tkou must, The youth replies, / гаи. " Blooms the laurel which belongs To the valiant chief who... | |
 | Book - 1871 - 366 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. So nigh is grandeur to our dost, harger was By the flash of his eye, and his nostril's play He seemed to the / can. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, •The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...Crowns him victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. So nigh is grandeur lean. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, "The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...Crowns him victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. So nigh is grandeur t me chase thy waving lines ; Keep me nearer, me thy hearer, youtli replies, I can. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1874 - 308 pages
...believe that any boy, in this or in any school, has cause to say that he has failed. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to Man, When Duty whispers, low, " Thou must" The youth replies "/ can." 2. But, secondly, while you work, you must remember that you are not, or ought not, to be... | |
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. 
