 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...  Monument to the Memory of Henry Clay ... - Page 4741857 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1858 - 638 pages
...A PORTRAIT FROM HISTORY. HE, who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He, who surpasses or subdues...Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above, the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him arc icy rocks,... | |
 | Thomas Rose (topographical writer.) - 1858 - 422 pages
...LOOKING TOWAKDS BOWPELL. " 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 : Tho' high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are... | |
 | 1858 - 704 pages
...FROM HISTORY. He, who ascends to mountain-tope, shall fiml The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds und 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 bcneatK the eartb and ocean spread, Round him are ic-y rocks,... | |
 | Architecture - 1897 - 554 pages
...have so endeared yourself to your countrymen, for you have falsified the poet's saying that— " Ho who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below." I now beg in the name of the Boyal Institute of British Architects to invest you with Her Majesty the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 474 pages
...greatest, most powerful, and the freest on earth. He who ascends the mountain top, shall find Its lofty peaks most wrapped in clouds and snow; He who surpasses...mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below; Round him are icy, rocky, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | R. Kent Hughes - Religion - 1991 - 326 pages
...jealousy. Byron had it right: 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. (Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) There are many other ways the tongue can destroy: meanness, sarcastic... | |
 | George Gordon Byron - Poetry - 1994 - 884 pages
...rusts ingloriously. XXV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt " high abort the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Sound him are icy rocks,... | |
 | Michael Burlingame - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 418 pages
...not, indeed, reverently": He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find Those 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 spread, Round him are icy rocks,... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - England - 2002 - 416 pages
...told, are as mountain peaks: 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. 0". 45) So now the Alps are as 'Eternity', made of 'all that expands the spirit', objective witnesses... | |
 | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin - History - 2004 - 400 pages
...and rusts ingloriously. 45 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. 400 Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him... | |
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