 | 1862 - 670 Seiten
...lawless perch Of winged ambitions, nor a vantage-ground For pleasure ; but through all this track of yean Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before...thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot : for where is he, Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 Seiten
...time, how a free people honoured, loved, and lamented the 'noble father of her kings to be ; ' who wore The white flower of a blameless life, Before a thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens ever; blot. THE WITNESS. IN THREE PARTS. — PART II. ALTHOUGH... | |
 | 1867 - 396 Seiten
...high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions nor a vantage-ground For pleasure; but thro' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless...thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot: for where is he Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1863 - 52 Seiten
...place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions, nor a vantage-ground For pleasure; but through all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before a thousand peering littlenesses. ******** Who dares foreshadow for an only son A lovelier life, a more unstained than his ? " 9 Mr.... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 Seiten
...place the lawless perch of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground for pleasure; but thro' all this tract of years wearing the white flower of a blameless...thousand peering littlenesses, in that fierce light which beats upon a throne, and blackens every blot ; for where is he who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 Seiten
...place the lawless perch Of winged ambition, nor a vantage ground For pleasure ; but through all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless...thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot : for where is he, Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 702 Seiten
...place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage ground For pleasure; hut thro' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless...thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blaobans every blot : for where is he Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 204 Seiten
...place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground For pleasure ; but thro' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless...thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot: for where is he, Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 414 Seiten
...place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage ground For pleasure ; but thro' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless...thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot: for where is he, Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 Seiten
...ambitions, nor a vantage-ground For pleasure ; but thro" all this tract of years Wearing tlie white (lower of a blameless life', Before a thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot : for where is he, Who dares foreshadow for an only... | |
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How modest, kindly, all-accomplish'd, wise With what sublime repression of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly; Not swaying to this faction or to that; Not making his high place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground For... 
