Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees,... Pushing to the Front - Page 477de Orison Swett Marden - 2005 - 464 pagesAperçu limité - À propos de ce livre
| Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pages
...hath been As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...hath heen, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life iu low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life hi low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 422 pages
...hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; "Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1860 - 432 pages
...hath been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began And on a simple village green; "Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps...of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star; Who makes by force his merit known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...been, As some divinely gifted man, Whose life in low estate began, And on a simple village green ; Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the...blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's... | |
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