 This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have...  Transactions - Page 162by Nebraska. State Board of Agriculture - 1913Full view - About this book
 | Oscar Carleton McCulloch - 1891 - 76 pages
...earth." "We have not lost him all; The beauty of his better self lives on In minds he touched with fire." "May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.' J... | |
 | Judson Fisher - 1891 - 196 pages
...forever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious 'For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. GEORGE... | |
 | Charles Mallory Williams, Cora May Williams - 1892 - 608 pages
...******** This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world."... | |
 | Katharine Paine Sutton - 1892 - 252 pages
...that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's minds To vaster issues. May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ! So shall I join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world.... | |
 | Charles Mallory Williams, Cora May Williams - 1892 - 618 pages
...******** This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world."... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 pages
...join the choir invisible"—gives magnificent voice to this feeling. Here are the concluding lines: ble sentiment: "1 do not know what I may ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. May... | |
 | Thomas Van Ness - 1892 - 248 pages
...in the prayer — for prayer it surely is — of George Eliot's, closing with the words, — "May I be to other souls The cup of strength in some great...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world." It... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 pages
...other souls The cup of strength in some great agony. Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, lieget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. Of... | |
 | 1893 - 472 pages
...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. BROTHER... | |
 | Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society (Pittsfield, Mass.) - 1894 - 918 pages
...pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues. * * * * May I reach That purest Heaven: be to other souls...sweet presence of a good diffused And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. Today... | |
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