 | 1877 - 542 Seiten
...Nineteenth Century, September, "Is Life worth Living?"). "The following verses are George Eliot's : Oh, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead, who live again In minds made better by iheir presence. . . . So to live is heaven. . . . To make undying music in the world, Breathing us... | |
 | 1882 - 676 Seiten
...executing the work in Aberdeen granite. On the pedestal is the folbwing inscription in gold letters : — ' Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence.' Here lies the body of •GEORGE ELIOT,' MARY ANN CROSS. Born 22nd November, 1819 Died 22nd December,... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 Seiten
...INGRATITUDE. 0 may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal (lend who live again In minds nmde better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of during rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1883 - 366 Seiten
...is George Eliot's greatest thing in poetry, for her poems are much less known than they should be. " O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal...For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To vaster... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...and mostly In the greater weakness or greater strength Of the acts which follow it. (Longfellow. 0 may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead...For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 Seiten
...hard -wrought happiness Thou wilt the world around thee bless. GEORGE ELIOT. Born 1820. Died 1881. OH, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead...For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 Seiten
...hard-wrought happiness Thou wilt the world around thee bless. GEORGE ELIOT. Born 1820. Died 1881. OH, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead...For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster... | |
 | 1883 - 270 Seiten
...hogs wantonly and cruelly, can awaken no hope of an honorable after life. E. HATHAWAY. ASPIRATION. Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead...For miserable aims that end with self ; In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To vaster... | |
 | Mathilde Blind - 1883 - 238 Seiten
...the grave, one cannot help realising how truly eventful was the life of her who now joined in spirit the " Choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live...daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end in self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge... | |
 | Ernest Woodhead - 1883 - 140 Seiten
...fellow-men. He is emphatically one of those whom George Eliot has beautifully described as the ' ' Immortal dead who live again In minds made better...For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night-like stars And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster... | |
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MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that... 
