 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 848 pages
...1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and enow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the eanh and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head,... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 414 pages
...country might resort to them when danger should recur. For himself he knew well, none knew better, that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Rmmd him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 408 pages
...crowned head — But soft! Look, underneath yon jutting crag Are hunters and a slaughter'd stag. 1 [" 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 his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pages
...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... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 pages
...turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Shakspeare. 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 his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...even be content to differ, but must drag down another to their own level : — " He who ascends the mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most...glow, And far beneath, the earth and ocean spread. Round him are icy rocks ; and loudly blow Contending tempests on the naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1852 - 690 pages
...fall upon his head. ' ' lie who ascends to mountain tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt with clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind,...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itselC and rusts injuriously. XLV. He Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | James Redfoord Bulwer - 1853 - 72 pages
...BLANC. " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Childe Harold, Canto III., 46. Chamonix, Wednesday, Aug. 25. MY last inquiry over-night, before parting... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1853 - 700 pages
...subdues mankind, Must look down on the hates of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, Aud far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Hound him...his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to their summits led." The federal authority had so long been factiously opposed, that the popular respect... | |
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He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean... 
