 Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man...  Modern Eloquence - Page 1064edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Crummell - 1861 - 68 pages
...self-sustenation, are only single items in the large and comprehensive category of human duties and obligations. " Unless above himself, he can erect himself, How poor a thing is man." And this is equally true with regard to Liberian black Christians. Do not think that I pretend to say... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 pages
...Montgomery, to whom Daniel had been tutor), that we have the stanza ending with the striking exclamation — Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! DRAYTON. Michael Drayton, who is computed to have been born in 1563, and who died in 1631, is one... | |
 | Edward Wilmot Blyden - 1862 - 186 pages
...that which is higher than himself Unless this is done, climate, color, race, will avail nothing. " unless above himself he can Erect himself^ how poor a thing is man !" For my own part, I believe that the brilliant world of the tropics, -with its marvels of nature,... | |
 | Alexander Crummell - 1862 - 376 pages
...self-sustentation, are only single items in the large and comprehensive category of human duties and obligations. " Unless above himself, he can erect himself, How poor a thing is man." And this is equally true with regard to Liberian black Christians. Do not think that I pretend to say... | |
 | Derwent Coleridge - 1863 - 414 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such, As he must bear, being powerless to redress : And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! DANIEL.* I HAVE thus endeavoured, with an anxiety which may perhaps have misled me into prolixity,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - 564 pages
...Montgomery, to whom Daniel had been tutor), that we have the stanza ending with the striking exclamation — Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! DRAYTON. Michael Drayton, who is computed to have been born in 1563, and who died in 1C31, is one... | |
 | Prison Association of New York - 1871 - 850 pages
...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither... | |
 | Edward Higginson - 1863 - 556 pages
...God. What are those lines, uncle, that you quoted last night ? " M. They are Samuel Daniel's : ' That unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Irian !' And so he is. "A Something like that couplet is what Coleridge has written in his biography,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1864 - 358 pages
...harsh and exclusive views of God, and of his children : for, as observed by one of our old poets, " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man !"t The British Critic is a highly respectable work, which does not require our praise, or offer any... | |
 | 1864 - 398 pages
...that which is higher than himself. Unless this is done, climate, color, race, will avail nothing. • unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " For my own part, I believe that the brilliant world of the tropics, with its marvels of nature,... | |
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