| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Ronnd him are icy rocks, and londly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Away with these! trne Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal nature!... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 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 loftiest...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... | |
| Thomas Rose - Cumberland (England) - 1832 - 242 pages
...; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below : Tho' high abóte the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Thus sings the muse of Byron : the reflection contains much of truth ; yet is written in gloominess... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Sound 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... | |
| Charles Doyne Sillery - 1834 - 248 pages
...Harold — a stanza, which has always struck me as being particularly magnificent, to this effect — " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." NOTE 36. Timoneer, from the French, timonnier — the helmsman, or steersman : thus Falconer, " While... | |
| 1835 - 932 pages
...peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hale of those below. Though high above the sun of glory...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." This is splendidly written, no doubt — but we trust it is not true ; — and as it is delivered with... | |
| 1835 - 534 pages
...below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far bmtath the earth anil ocean spread, Rinind him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward tlie toil that to those summits led.' Who could blame Byron, that he 'had not loved the world?' Gaunt... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...unattainable even by the gigantic means which he possessed. — SIR WALTER SCOTT.] L •!• XL1V. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits XLVI. Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 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 loftiest...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 to... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him arc icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. (2) XLVL1 Away with these! true Wisdom's world wffl \x Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal... | |
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