...fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMORI AM AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXXITI. I. 1 BELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years, And find...

...and courage. Show them that temptation can be escaped or conquered, that failure is not defeat, and " that men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things." Believe me they are looking eagerly for such help, and will welcome it with all their hearts. It is...

...increasing purpose]runs," &c. from Tennyson's Locksley Hall. " I held It truth with him who sings1 To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead Belves to higher things." I would refer K. to a poem of Longfellow's,...

...flattering to one's self-complacency. We may even echo the sentiment of Tennyson and sav : — " I hold it truth with him who sings, To one clear harp in...stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." And yet it is not pleasant to gaze upon the shrunken corpse of a past self, let the new life be ever...

...them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMOKIAM AHH OBIIT MDCCCXXXin. I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. But who shall so forecast the years, . And find...

...one who went to sleep first, and slept the soundest. CHAPTER IV. " I hold it true with him who sings, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." In Memoriam. I DON'T know how we all tumbled into our usual every-day routine the next morning, but...

...the Laureate's " In Memoriam." In this stanza, two rhyming verses come between other two ; eg : — " I held it truth with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stonea Of their dead selves to higher things. •' But who shall so forecast the years And...

...suggestions of other men. In * So does Tennyson. In " In Memoriam," the reference — " I held it true, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That we may rise on stepping-stones Of our dead selves to higher things" — is to Longfellow, and his poem...

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