 | Oscar Browning - 1884 - 180 páginas
...peace he spurned, The sullied olive-branch returned, Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colours to the mast ! Heaven, to reward his firmness, gave A portion in this honoured grave ; And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. With more than... | |
 | Marshall John and co - 1884 - 266 páginas
...aside, Record that Pox a Briton died ! Heaven to reward his firmness gave A portion in this honoured grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. PITT AND Fox. With more than mortal powers endowed, How high they soared above the crowd 1 Theirs was... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 296 páginas
...barter'd by a timorous slave, Even then dishonour's peace he spurn'd, The sullied olive-branch return'd, Stood for his country's glory fast, And nail'd her...soar'd above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place ; Like fabled Gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 352 páginas
...And nailed her colors to the mast ! Heaven, to reward his firmness, gave A portion in this honored grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such...wondrous men the dust. With more than mortal powers endowed, How high they soared above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - 352 páginas
...spurned, The sullied olive-branch returned, Stood for his country's glory fast, 160 And nailed her colors to the mast ! Heaven, to reward his firmness, gave A portion in this honored grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. Theirs was no... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 346 páginas
...dishonour's peace he spurn'd, The sullied olive-branch return'd, Stood for his country's glory fast, 160 And nail'd her colours to the mast ! Heaven, to reward...soar'd above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place ; Like fabled Gods, their mighty war 1 70 Shook realms and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 páginas
...spurned, The sullied olive-branch returned, Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colors to the mast ! Heaven, to reward his firmness, gave A portion in this honored grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. With more than... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 676 páginas
...spurned, The sullied olive-branch returned, Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colors Jo the mast ! Heaven, to reward his firmness, gave A portion in this honored grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. Were here a tribute... | |
 | Margaret E. Poole Sandford - 1888 - 346 páginas
...tone of Poole's letters in this summer of 1805 is not difficult to account for. CHAPTER VII ' . . . Ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men, the dust. With more than mortal powers endowed, How high they soared above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling, by dark... | |
 | Margaret E. Poole Sandford - 1888 - 344 páginas
...tone of Poole's letters in this summer of 1805 is not difficult to account for. CHAPTER VII ' . . . Ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men, the dust. With more than mortal powers endowed, How high they soared above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling, by dark... | |
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How high they soar'd above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place; Like fabled Gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar... 
