 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1924 - 486 sidor
...the string, the crest ? Vain froward child of empire I say, Are all thy playthings snatched away ? Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one ! April 9-10, 1814. April 16,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 sidor
...the string, the crest ? Vain froward child of empire I say, Are all thy playthings snatched away ? Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the...— one — the first — the last — the best— 'I'll'' Ciucinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1925 - 448 sidor
...opinion of the world. Fifteen years after Washington's death Byron wrote the famous and familiar lines: "Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the...Washington, To make man blush there was but one!" That was the opinion of mankind then, and it is the opinion of mankind to-day, when his statue has... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - 1925 - 748 sidor
...BYRON In September, 1796, Washington issued his Farewell Address, declining a third term as President. Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one ! 3. ADDRESS AT THE TOMB OF... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 sidor
...the string — the crest? Vain froward child of empire! say, Are all thy playthings snatched away? Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one! 1557 WILLIAM KNOX ENGLAND, 1789-1825... | |
 | Albert Brecknock - 1926 - 344 sidor
...of Italy." Byron also glorifies Cincinnatus in his " Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte," when he says : " Yes — one — the first — the last — the best — The Cincinnatus of the West." " Great minds," says Smiles, " are rich in radiating force, not only in exerting power, but communicating... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 sidor
...patriotism, that devoted love of country, which his words have commended, which his example has consecrated. "Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on...Washington, To make man blush, there was but one." BLACK HAWK TO GENERAL STREET You have taken me prisoner with all my warriors. I am much grieved; for... | |
 | Alfred Noyes - 1927 - 334 sidor
...statesman in all history. In his ode on Napoleon, he wrote: — "Where may the wearied eye repose In gazing on the great Where neither guilty glory glows...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate Bequeaths the name of Washington To make men blush there was but one." And again in Childe Harold,... | |
 | 1927 - 666 sidor
...SAINT-GAUDENS RALPH MUNN CHARLES HEINROTH EMILY R. ALTER, Editorial Assistant VOLUME II NUMBER 9 FEBRUARY 1929 Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the...the best — The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dare not hate, Bequeath the name of Washington, To make men blush there was but one! • — LORD BYRON,... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1904 - 484 sidor
...despotism — his muse bewails the Emperor's overthrow in verses like the following : [Ode to Napoleon] Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the...last ,> — the best, The Cincinnatus of the West, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush, there was but onel Can there be any two men more... | |
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Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington,... 
