 They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to...  Poetical Works - Seite 402von James Russell Lowell - 1895 - 515 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1865 - 654 Seiten
...unfultei ing f kill And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting...of Serf and Peer Could Nature's equal scheme deface ; Here was a type of the true elder nice, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. I... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 504 Seiten
...with us face to face. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A seamark now, now lost in vapors blind ; Broad...rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for his humankind, Yet also known to Heaven and friend with all its stars. I praise him not ; it were too... | |
 | 1879 - 692 Seiten
...mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now. now lost in vapours blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined...also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars." How good this prairie comparison is ! And how well the last line brings out the true loftiness of what... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 Seiten
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrnst. 5. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting...serf and peer Could Nature's equal scheme deface; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. 6. I... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1867 - 472 Seiten
...supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, j Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any...of Serf and Peer Could Nature's equal scheme deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. His... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 Seiten
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust, 5. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting...serf and peer Could Nature's equal scheme deface; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face 6. I... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1868 - 300 Seiten
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will, That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer, Oould Nature's equal scheme deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 Seiten
...spring again and thrust. nis was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to* thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind ; Broad...Serf and Peer Could Nature's equal scheme deface; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. I praise... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1869 - 524 Seiten
...spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind; Broad...of serf and peer Could Nature's equal scheme deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. I... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy t within his crimson bell A droplet of its sparkling...Company"1 Bryant William Cullen" William Cullen Bryant( ; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. I... | |
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