 | George Eliot - 1883 - 376 pages
...illudtempu;, quum non era, magis me mn'et, quam hoc exijfuum-- CICERO, ad Alt., -xii. 18. O MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live...their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, ^ ,. . , .,' .. j 4 ,- ^ In deeds of daring rectitude/TSTcorn For miserable aims that end. with self,... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1883 - 416 pages
...word " invisible " to mean, not simply " out of mortal sight," but " out of all sight:" O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live...again In minds made better by their presence, live In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that... | |
 | Eliza Archard Conner - 1883 - 422 pages
...pen, which are now known wherever the English language is known. The whole inscription is like this : "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 22d November, 1819, Died 22d December, 1880.Upon... | |
 | Henry Westcott - 1884 - 282 pages
...people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will show forth their praise." "Oh, may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence ! May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony. Enkindle... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 422 pages
...Ulud tempus, quum nun ero, magis me namtt, qaam koc exiyuum. — CICBBO, nd Att. xii. 18. O MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live...again In minds made better by their presence: live lu pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitnde, in scorn For miserable aims that end... | |
 | 1885 - 612 pages
...Though she had passed away for ever from the Hannah More stage, and had deliberately substituted " The choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence " for the dream of personal, conscious immortality; though she had passed * George Eliot's Life, as... | |
 | 1885 - 612 pages
...uttered, in words happily familiar to us now, the unselfish aspiration of the soul : — " O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence. ... So to live is Heaven." But this heaven, as she herself has taught us, is one that is open only... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...said, " Once more ! " O memories ! O past that is ! ' O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE." O MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better hy their presence : In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1885 - 988 pages
...body Go about his biziness. Of all blessings, ladies are the soothin'est. Arlemut Ward. Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made In'tter by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn... | |
 | Golden Gate Kindergarten Association - 1886 - 810 pages
...greet " The Choir Invisible," as we unitedly pray: " Ob, inny I join the Choir Invisible, Of these immortal dead who live again In minds made better...their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity." 3 THE HEARST FREE KINDERGARTENS. THEIE UNIQUE AND INTERESTING HISTORY. There are tbree Free Kindergartens... | |
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O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE" (1867) Longum illud tempus, quum nan ero, magis me mo-vet, quam hoc exiguum. — Cicero, ad Att., XII. 18 O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In" minds made better by their presence... 
