 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, Frederick James Rowe, William Trego Webb - 1890 - 182 Seiten
...in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens...the winds that blew ! Such was he whom we deplore. 40 The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor will be seen no more. v.... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1890 - 388 Seiten
...Rich in saving common sense, And as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens...all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true." * Yet the time came when Joshua too was to be gathered to his fathers. But before he passed away, one... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1890 - 280 Seiten
...love and pride. O good, great heart that all men knew, O iron nerve, to true occasion true; Fallen at length, that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew! ADDRESS OF MR. QUINN, OF NEW YORK. Mr. SPEAKER: After the eloquent tributes which have been paid to... | |
 | Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 538 Seiten
...fame as a priceless and everlasting possession. 1 " O iron nerve, to true occasion true ! O fallen at length that tower of strength, Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! His work is done, But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand, Colossal sun... | |
 | Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 518 Seiten
...his fame as a priceless and everlasting possession. " O iron nerve, to true occasion true! O fallen at length that tower of strength, Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew! His work is done, But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand, Colossal sun... | |
 | Sir Henry Parkes - 1892 - 472 Seiten
...round his hones for evermore. And again in tender and solemn apostrophic strain : — O, good grey head which all men knew, O, voice from which their omens...Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! And with the breath of heroism in every syllable ,the oft-repeated lines were spoken : — Not once... | |
 | Sir Henry Parkes - 1892 - 480 Seiten
...strain :— O, good grey head which all men knew, 0, voice from which their omens all men drew, 0, iron nerve to true occasion true, O, fall'n at length...strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that ' And with the breath of heroism in every syllable the oft-repeated lines were spoken :— Not once... | |
 | Sir Henry Parkes - 1892 - 468 Seiten
...evermore. And again in tender and solemn apostrophic strain : — 0, good grey head which all men knew, 0, voice from which their omens all men drew, O, 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 ! And... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - 546 Seiten
...in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens...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... | |
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O good gray head which all 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! 
