 Memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods ; they alone surviving ; peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan Mother,...  Life of Thomas Carlyle - Page 172by Richard Garnett - 1887 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1883 - 530 pages
...complainest of thy life of toil ? Complain not. Look up, my wearied brother ; see thy fellow-workmen there in God's eternity ; surviving there, they alone...mother saying, when she gave her son his shield, ' With it, my son, or upon it.' Thou, too, shalt return home in honour ; to thy fardistant home in honour... | |
 | American periodicals - 1883 - 866 pages
...surviving there, they alone surviving; sacred Band of the Immortals, celestial body-guard of the Empire oí Mankind. Even in the weak human memory they survive...Spartan mother saying, when she gave her son his shield, "Witk it, my son, or upon it." Thou, too, shall return home in honor ; to thy far-distant home in honor... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - Devotional calendars - 1884 - 402 pages
...they alone surviving ; sacred band of the Immortals, celestial body-guard of the empire of mankind. To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven...as a noble mother ; as that Spartan mother, saying while she gave her son his shield, "With it, my son, or upon it." Thou too shall return home in honor... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1885 - 688 pages
...Immortals, celestial Bodyguard of the Empire of Mankind. Even in the weak Human Memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods ; they alone surviving...as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan Mother, saying while she gave her son his shield, " With it, my son, or upon it ! " Thou too, shalt return home in... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American prose literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...celestial body-guard of the empire of mankind. Even in the weak human memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods; they alone surviving;...as a noble mother, as that Spartan mother, saying while she gave her son his shield, "With it, my son, or upon it!" Thou, too, shalt return home in honor,... | |
 | thomas carlyle - 1888
...Immortals, celestial Bodyguard of the Empire of Mankind. Even in the weak Human Memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods ; they alone surviving...kind, — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan Mother, saving while she gave her son his shield, " With it, my sou, or upon it !" Thou too shalt return home... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1890 - 416 pages
...celestial body-guard of the empire of mankind! Even in the weak human memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods ; they alone surviving;...as a noble mother; as that Spartan mother, saying, while she gave her son his shield, " With it, my son, or upon it! " Thou too, shalt return home in... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1890 - 516 pages
...Immortals, celestial Body-guard of the Empire of Mankind. Even in the weak Human Memory they survive so long as saints, as heroes, as gods —they alone surviving; peopling, they alone, the immeasured solitudes25 of Time! To thee, Heaven, though severe, is not unkind; Heaven is kind—as... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 658 pages
...celestial Body-guard of the Empire of Mankind ! Even in the weak Human Memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods ; they alone surviving; peopling, they alone, the immeasnred solitudes of Time 1 To tbee, Heaven, though severe, is not unkind; Heaven is kind — ass... | |
 | Education - 1893 - 578 pages
...immortals, celestial body-guard of the empire of mind. Even in the weak human memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods; they alone surviving:...unkind; Heaven is kind — as a noble mother; as that Spartau mother, saying while she gave her sou his shield, " WITH IT, MY SON, OR UPON IT!" Thou, too,... | |
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