 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 936 strani
...darkness. Ah, that night. Of all dark nights ! And then a speck — Alight! Alight! Alight! Alight! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time's...world ; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! and on!" Joaquin Miller. MILTON ON HIS BLINDNESS They charge me with poverty, because I never desired... | |
 | 1927 - 506 strani
...through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights ! and then a speck — A light ! A light ! A light ! A light ! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled ! It grew to be Time 's burst of dawn. He gained a world ; he gave that world Its greatest lesson : ' ' On ! sail on... | |
 | 1988 - 618 strani
...speak, brave Adm'r'l, speak and say' — He said: 'Sail on! sail on! and on! ' " and its final lines, "He gained a world; he gave that world its grandest lesson: 'On! sail on! ' " That was the spirit of Columbus, and it is the American spirit. Today, our homage to Christopher... | |
 | 1913 - 1326 strani
...through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! and then a speck— A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew...burst of dawn: He gained a world; he gave that world LOGAN, UTAH Its grandest lesson: "On! and on!" Upton Sinclair tells this story about a school address... | |
 | 1982 - 348 strani
...through darkness . Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck- A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew...gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" Joaquin Miller Paul once wrote to Timothy, this truth he did declare Of folks who went from house to... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 strani
...spake the mate: "This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good...gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" Joaquin Miller* was born in a covered wagon somewhere between Indiana and Ohio. He grew to lusty manhood... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 strani
...darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world;...gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE (1779-1863) A PROFESSOR of Greek and Oriental literature at an Episcopalian theological... | |
 | William J. Bennett - 1997 - 392 strani
...the darkness peered that night. Ah, darkest night! and then a speck — A light! a light! a light! a light! It grew — a star-lit flag unfurled! It...of dawn; He gained a world! he gave that world Its watchword: "On! and on!" The Story of Scarface RETOLD BY AMY CRUSE The dictionary defines fortitude... | |
 | Fred D. Cavinder - 2003 - 212 strani
...shoreless seas. The poem concluded: A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: On, sail on. Today Miller is seldom remembered, except along the Pacific Coast. Yet at least six memorials bear... | |
 | Jennifer Prior - 2004 - 194 strani
...nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! lt grew, a starlit flag unfurled! lt grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world lts grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" Name "Columbus"— A Poem for Two Voices Voice 1 BEHlND him lay... | |
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Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness. 
