 | Alexander Harrison Tuttle - 1901 - 50 Seiten
...warbled as sweet a song in his 80th year as ever he sung in his youth. Longfellow in old age writes: Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. Oato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand (Edipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of... | |
 | New York (State). Library Extension Division - 1901 - 818 Seiten
...conclusion, let me say that the lecture course gives to the adult a new hope. It has taught the truth that " nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate." It has given to poor people larger visions and loftier ideals. It has put men and women in touch with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1902 - 924 Seiten
...serenity of books ; The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain ! But why, you ask me, should this tale be told To men...palpitate. Cato learned Greek at eighty ; Sophocles 240 Wrote his grand CEdipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each... | |
 | Emma Frances Angell Drake - 1902 - 240 Seiten
...achievements of many, after the natural span of life had been accomplished. Listen to a few lines : " But why, you ask me, should this tale be told To men...late ! Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart has ceased to palpitate. Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand CEdipus, and Simonides... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 924 Seiten
...serenity of books ; The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain ! But why, you ask me, should this tale be told To men...grown old, or who are growing old? It is too late! Ah, nothiug is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. Cato learned Greek at eighty ; Sophocles... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - 1902 - 492 Seiten
...without reproach, a life that showed that " Age is opportunity no less Than youth itself,"— that " Nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate." Mr. George F. Talbot gave an address on Mr. Bradbury as a testimonial of his personal friendship and... | |
 | Robert Naylor Whiteford - 1903 - 464 Seiten
...field." (57) "'Tis not too late to seek a newer world." Cf. Longfellow's " Morituri Salutamus " : " Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. . . ." and: " What then ? Shall we sit idly down and say The night hath come ; it is no longer day... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1904 - 386 Seiten
...the inexorable laws which weigh upon humanity, and to make real the myth of the fountain of youth. AH, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall...learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand " CEdipus," and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each had numbered more... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905 - 746 Seiten
...serenity of books; The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain ! But why, you ask me, should this tale be told To men...palpitate. Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles 240 Wrote his grand CEdipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 730 Seiten
...serenity of books; The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain ! But why, you ask me, should this tale be told To men...palpitate. Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles 240 Wrote his grand CEdipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each... | |
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It is too late ! Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. 
