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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 401
by John Galt - 1824 - 444 pages
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Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 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 peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high...
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Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Volume 4

Architecture - 1897 - 554 pages
...have so endeared yourself to your countrymen, for you have falsified the poet's saying that— " Ho who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below." I now beg in the name of the Boyal Institute of British Architects to invest you with Her Majesty the...
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The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 474 pages
...earth. He who ascends the mountain top, shall find Its lofty peaks most wrapped in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below; Round him are icy, rocky, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the...
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James: Faith That Works

R. Kent Hughes - Religion - 1991 - 326 pages
...Criticism can take many forms, but it is always motivated by self-doubt and jealousy. Byron had it right: 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. (Byron, Childe...
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The Collected Poems of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. XXV. 994 snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high abort...
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Selected Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poetry - 1996 - 868 pages
...395 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 peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, 400 Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high...
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Byron and Shakespeare

George Wilson Knight - England - 2002 - 416 pages
...description. But aspiration is not stilled. Men of genius, we have been told, are as mountain peaks: 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. 0". 45) So now...
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From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology II

Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - History - 2004 - 400 pages
...waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. 45 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. 400 Though high...
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