 | John Ross Browne - Constitutional conventions - 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...icy rocks, and loudly blow, Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to these summits led." It is true, sir, that the great... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 534 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ) He who surpasse« or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below | Though high above the sun...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... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1850 - 328 pages
...who try to reach it as a mere resting-place of selfish greatness, find nothing but clouds and snow. " Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Bound it are barren rocks." "It maybe so," Ada said; "but I think it would satisfy me that it was the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...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...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led. XLVI. Away with these ! true... | |
 | James Roche - 1851 - 624 pages
...parallel; for where could the baneful passion find such a victim, or batten on such a 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 tempests on his naked head; And thus reward... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...degrees By which he did ascend. Shakspeare. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Te gods, it doth amaze me, A... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...another to their own level : — " He who ascends the mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or...icy rocks ; and loudly blow Contending tempests on the naked head, And thus reward the toils which to the summits led." In Lord Rockingham's rides through... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - Agriculture - 1852 - 690 pages
...fall upon his head. ' ' lie who ascends to mountain tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt with clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind,...And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which... | |
 | United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - Legislators - 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...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied... | |
 | United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - Legislators - 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...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied... | |
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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... 
