 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1894 - 602 Seiten
...forefathers, was ' filled with devils and evil men,' has become pathetic in decay : — ' Fallen at length Is that tower of strength Which stood foursquare to all the winds that blew. The mighty keep of the house of Ferrers has been so utterly destroyed that only since this book was... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1829 - 82 Seiten
...men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, О iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er : The great World-victor's victor... | |
 | 1881 - 704 Seiten
...find the line» referred to in Tennyson's Ode on the Dmihofllie Date of Wellington: — 0 fol Гм at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! " HENRY R. Рьомкв (Southport). — Have you consulted jowndes, Watt, or any of the bibliographical... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1852 - 32 Seiten
...men knew, О voice from which their omens all men drew, О iron nerve to true occasion true, 0 fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! * Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er : The great World-victor's... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - 212 Seiten
...men knew ! 0 voice from which their omens all men drew ! 0 iron nerve to true occasion true ! Oh ! fallen at length that tower of strength, Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew. Such was he whom we deplore ; The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er, The great World-victor's victor... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 Seiten
...men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true ; O fall'n at length that tower of strength, Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! Such was he whom we deplore ; The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er: The greatest world-victor's... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 176 Seiten
...men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1855 - 802 Seiten
...men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, 0 iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew !" In the following passage, apt use is made of the fact that the bones of Nelson and Wellington find... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 Seiten
...men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew! Such was lie whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor... | |
 | James White - 1855 - 308 Seiten
...There was no theatrical pomp about him, but everything denoting self-respect and power ; — " He was a tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." While these strange events were going on in Paris, and while London, also, was visited by the royal... | |
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Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. 
