 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 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...his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to these summits led." It is true, sir, that the great Government of the United States, of which we claim... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 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...Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward th» toils which to these summits led." It is true, sir, that the great Government of the United States,... | |
 | John Ross Browne - 1850 - 534 pages
...of glory 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 toils which to these summit« led." It is true, sir, that the great Government of the United States, of which we claim... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 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... | |
 | James Roche - 1851 - 624 pages
...prey ?—But " He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. ****** Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending...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... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 pages
...turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Shakspeare. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Te gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 148 pages
...snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below : Though far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice... | |
 | United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - 1852 - 150 pages
...snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below : Though far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice... | |
 | United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - 1852 - 140 pages
...snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below : Though far above the sun of glory glow, • And far beneath the...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice... | |
 | United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - 1852 - 150 pages
...those below: Though far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread. Bound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice... | |
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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... 
