 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - Antislavery movements - 1849 - 430 pages
...knew better, that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must...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 toils which... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - Antislavery movements - 1849 - 414 pages
...knew better, that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must...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... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - Antislavery movements - 1849 - 424 pages
...Though high above the sun of glory 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 toils which to their summits led." The federal authority had so long been factiously opposed, that the popular respect... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 540 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow t He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun...far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow, Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward th» toils which... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - Constitutional conventions - 1850 - 538 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow j He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun...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 toils which... | |
 | John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 534 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ) He who surpasse« or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below | Though high above the sun...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Bound him are icy rocks, and loudly Mow, Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1850 - 328 pages
...who try to reach it as a mere resting-place of selfish greatness, find nothing but clouds and snow. " Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Bound it are barren rocks." "It maybe so," Ada said; "but I think it would satisfy me that it was the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...ingloriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must...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 toils which... | |
 | James Roche - 1851 - 624 pages
...He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. ****** Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on...his naked head; And thus reward the toils, which to these summits lead." Childe Harold, Canto iii. 45. For the direful rivalry of the contending factions... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...level : — " He who ascends the mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must...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 toils which... | |
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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... 
