...Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! The sentiment of this poem is not universally accepted. Efforts to controvert its teaching were early...

...Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate ! If sleeping, wake: if feasting rise before...uselessly implore I answer not, and I return no more! — Jn°- J- fngalls. LESSON II. — October 9. THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. — Matthew 25 : 14-30....

...and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more! CHAPTER XXIV. L THE TWO PITTS INFLUENCES THAT FORM THE MIND. ET me say a word or two more on this subject...

...Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before...and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no morel The sentiment of this poem is not universally accepted. Efforts to controvert its teaching were...

...Hovel and mart and palace—soon or late I knock unhidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake—if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, I answer not, and I return no more! Seek me in vain and uselessly implore; CHAPTER XXIV. THE TWO PITTS...

...Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate; If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before...they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, fnd conquer every foe Save death, and those who doubt or hesitate. Condemned to failure, penury and...

...and seas remote, and passing by Hovel, and mart, and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, A nd they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those...

...by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wait ; if feasting, rise before I turn away ; it is the hour of fate And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death ; while those...

...faded slowly heavenward through the sunset skies. Quarterly, 1853. OPPORTUNITY JOHN J. INGALLS '55 MASTER of human destinies am I ; Fame, love, and fortune...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more. The date of first appearance of this sonnet is not known to the editors. It is extracted here from...

...Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! (IS0 ivordsl N0TE.— This sonnet on Opportunity was written by the late John J. Ingalls, formerly...