| William Henry Seward - 1853 - 706 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...surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hates of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 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... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...or a sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. AMBITIOUS MEN.— THE RHINE. 1 5 He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth arid ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head,... | |
| Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 892 pages
...were but too numerous, the more so as his glory was more dazzling. He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds...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 - 1854 - 1126 pages
...waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by, Which cats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The...look down on the hate of those below. Though high aborc the sun of glory glow, And fur beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; lie l by the shore Alp mutely mused, And woo'd the freshness...sea,3 Which changeless rolls eternally ; So that w Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 pages
...skies ; For thou art but of dust, — be humble and be wise. 3. THE PENALTY OP EMINENCE. — Byron. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far benea/A the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1855 - 348 pages
...skies ; For thou art but of dust, — be humble and be wise. 3. THE PENALTY OF EMINENCE. — Byroii. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far benea<A the earth and ocean spread, Bound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...Byron's Manfred. He who aseends to mountain tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in elouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must...sun of glory glow, And far beneath, the earth and oeean spread ; Round him are iey roeks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And... | |
| 1855 - 320 pages
...Harold ' on peut même s'enorgueillir de ce manque de suffrage universel. Souviens-toi des vers : " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. L2 Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Eound him are... | |
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