 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth arid ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal Nature... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - History - 1854 - 890 pages
...sun of glory glow, And far kwuth the earth and ocean spread, Jtmmd him are iey rocks, and loudly Mow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Can it be, my countrymen, that there is any one among us who would tarnish the splendor of the nation's... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 320 pages
...Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far benea/A the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks,...tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils that to those summits led. 4. BENEVOLENCE. — Beattie, From tte low prayer of Want and plaint of Woe,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1855 - 348 pages
...those 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 his naked head, And thus reward the toils that to those summits led. 4. BENEVOLENCE. — Beattie. From the low prayer of Want and plaint of "Woe,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...above, the 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 thus reward the toils whieh to those summits led. Byron's Childe Harold. But quiet to quiek bosoms is a hell, And there hath... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...own flickering, or a sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most...head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.1 1 [This is certainly splendidly written, but we trust it is not true. From Macedonia's madman... | |
 | William Henry Seward - Legislators - 1856 - 418 pages
...them when danger should recur. For himself he knew well, none knew better, that "He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt...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... | |
 | 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...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. XLVI. Away with these! true wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal nature!... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...flickering, or a sword laid .bV, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. 29 He who ascends to nocks ; Call fire and sword, and desolation, A godly, thorough WATERLOO WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY [From Vanity Fair, 1847-48] "Thank Heaven that is over," George... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 572 pages
...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far 'beneath the earth and ocean spread, Eound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. XLVI. Away with these ! true Wisdom 's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal... | |
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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... 
