 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 Seiten
...all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men () iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall' u 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... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1882 - 170 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 great World-victor's victor... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1882 - 172 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 great World-victor's victor... | |
 | John Horace Round, Colchester Castle - 1882 - 162 Seiten
...town and. found it " swarming with sectaries.") twines and the owl nestles, for " Fallen at length Is that Tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." Fallen indeed is that mighty donjon, on which our forefathers learned to gaze " with a peculiar kind... | |
 | John Horace Round, Colchester Castle - 1882 - 164 Seiten
...a "yard " shews that it was open then as now. twines and the owl nestles, for " Fallen at length Is that Tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." Fallen indeed is that mighty donjon, on which our forefathers learned to gaze " with a peculiar kind... | |
 | F G. Marchant - 1883 - 422 Seiten
...men knew, O 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 !" — Tennyton. Whatever else he may have been, in Joshua we have the man who, above all others in... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...Wellington. Stanza 4. O good gray head which all men knew. Ibid. TENNYSON. — RICHARDS. — TUPPER. 555 That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! Ode on the Dtath vf 'the Duke of Wellington. Stanza 4. In that fierce light which beats upon a throne.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 336 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 great World -victor's victor... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 302 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 great World-victor's victor... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 302 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 great World-victor's victor... | |
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Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. 
