 | 1906 - 594 pages
...multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same that our fathers have been ; We see the same sights...that our fathers have seen, We drink the same stream, and view the same sun, And run the same course that our fathers have run. They loved, but their story... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1908 - 398 pages
...and the weed That wither away to let others succeed; Sc the multitude comes, even those we behold, Tc repeat every tale that hath often been told. For we are the same that our fathers have been ; We see the same sights that our fathers have seen, — We drink the same... | |
 | 1909 - 228 pages
...benefits of places holding a similar relation to the present generations : For we are the same things our fathers have been We see the same sights that our fathers have seen, We drink the same stream, and we feel the same sun. And we run the same course our fathers have run. And as if to secure just... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 936 pages
...multitude comes, even those we behold. To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same that our fathers have been ; We see the same sights...that our fathers have seen; We drink the same stream and view the same sun. And run the same course our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our... | |
 | Virgil McClure Harris - 1911 - 496 pages
...composition by William Knox, which was the favorite poem of Abraham Lincoln : " For we are the same our fathers have been, We see the same sights that our fathers have seen ; We drink the same stream, and view the same sun, And run the same course our fathers have run." It is said of Hazlitt that his... | |
 | Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1917 - 386 pages
...the flower and the weed, That wither away to let others succeed ; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that hath often been told. For we are the same that our fathers have been ; We see the same sights that our fathers have seen, — We drink the same... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 890 pages
...comes, like those we behold, To repeat every tale that hath often been told. For we are the things our fathers have been; We see the same sights that...We drink the same stream, we feel the same sun, And run the same course that our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would think;... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 888 pages
...the flower and the weed, That wither away to let others succeed; So the multitude comes, like those we behold, To repeat every tale that hath often been told. For we are the things our fathers have been ; We see the same sights that our fathers have seen, — We drink the... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 528 pages
...multitude comes—even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same that our fathers have been; We see the same sights...We drink the same stream, we feel the same sun, And run the same course that our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking, our fathers would think;... | |
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The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes — like the flower... 
