| Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Sound him are icy racks, and loudly blow ; . Contending tempests on his naked head, And tlms reward... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Whiclkeats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far bi:nnttfi the earth and ocean spread, Hound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rust« ingloriously. Tie who ascends to mountain-top«, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds...Must look down on the hate of those below. Though htflh above the inn of (»lory IT!OW, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...to waste With its own tuckering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, aud rusts luxuriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far bencaut the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on... | |
| 1828 - 622 pages
...it its due weight. A SKETCH. • He who ascends to mountain tops, will find The loftiest peaks moat wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses, or subdues...glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread — Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending trumpets o'er his naked head, And thus reward... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830 - 386 pages
...to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on bis naked head, And thus reward the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow j He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Sound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow . Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
| Thomas Rose - 1832 - 242 pages
...mountain fastness, of much grandeur and- sublimity. Utter desolation appears to characterize the spot. " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...mankind Must look down on the hate of those below : Tho' high abóte the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are... | |
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