"The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." Moreover, this quatrain continues to be one of the most popular even today. 5. "Excelsior" (1842) The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern--unseen before-- A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain,

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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. The Ladder of St. Augustine, st. 10. The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath, While underneath such leafy tents they keep. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern--unseen before-- A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past, As wholly wasted, wholly vain.