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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... "
The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with ... - Page 391
by John Galt - 1824 - 444 pages
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Issues 127-129

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1852 - 1034 pages
...the snn of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round are icy rocks, and londly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus...reward the toils which to those summits led." The history of scientific men most painfully impresses us with the truth of these lines. Gallileo, Harvey,...
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The Works of Lord Byron: In Verse and Prose. Including His Letters, Journals ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itselC and rusts injuriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest...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, Matemal Nature...
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Extracts from My Journal, M.DCCC.LII: Printed for Private Circulation Only

James Redfoord Bulwer - Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) - 1853 - 72 pages
...BLANC. " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Childe Harold, Canto III., 45. Chamonix, Wednesday, Aug. 25. MY last inquiry over-night, before parting...
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The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3

William Henry Seward - New York (State) - 1853 - 706 pages
...peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow : He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hates of those below. Though high above the sun of glory...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...
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Extracts from My Journal, M.DCCC.LII: Printed for Private Circulation Only

James Redfoord Bulwer - Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) - 1853 - 72 pages
...and snow. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Hound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Childe Harold, Canto III., 46. Chamonix, Wednesday, Aug. 25. MY last inquiry over-night, before parting...
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The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3

William Henry Seward - New York (State) - 1853 - 700 pages
...those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, Aud far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Hound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...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...
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Putnam's Monthly, Volume 1

American literature - 1853 - 724 pages
...« « t Tliouch hlph above the eun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Kound him Are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And tilín reward the tolls which to those summit» led." After waiting in this position a conI 412 41«...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

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 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...
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Memoirs, Speeches and Writings of Robert Rantoul, Jr

Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - United States - 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...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...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

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...land for a rood; And the powerless moon beholds them XLVI. Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal...
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