 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 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, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...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 his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 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...look down on the hate of those below. Though high abme the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 350 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 390 pages
...strife and state, Beyond life's lowlier pleasures placed, His soul a rock, his heart a waste ? 1 1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, vOL. v. 8 O'er hope and love and fear aloft High rears his crowned head — But soft ! Look, underneath... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 422 pages
...strife and state, Beyond life's lowlier pleasures placed, His soul a rock, his heart a waste ? l 1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, VOL. V. 8 O'er hope and love and fear aloft High rears his crowned head—But soft! Look, underneath... | |
 | William Dowe - 1857 - 272 pages
...self-willed and full of ambition as his own : He who ascends the mountain tops shall find The highest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pages
...triumphs, and her sons are blessed.4* 5. — AMBITION. — Byron. He who ascends to mountain-tops3 shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far oeneuth the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow 6. — DEFIANCE. — Young.... | |
 | William Dowe - 1857 - 280 pages
...ambition as his own : He who ascends the mountain tops shall find The highest peaks most wrapt in elouda and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must...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... | |
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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... 
