 | 1838 - 884 pages
...retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. • ' As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence as it pass'd, So he, through teaming and through fancy, took His flights sublime, and on the loftieit top... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 640 pages
...retired, — alone, Dark, sullen, proud, gazing contemptuously On hearts and passions, prostrate at Ms feet. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To...; and on the loftiest top Of fame's dread mountain sut : not soiled, and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - 1828 - 256 pages
...retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. *» * As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which...mountain sat ; not soiled and worn, As if he from Hie earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He looked, which down from higher... | |
 | 1828 - 502 pages
...swept, retired in pride, Exultmg in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. "As some fierce comet of tremendous size , To which...fame's dread mountain sat : not soiled, and worn, As if be from the earth had laboured up; But as some hird of heavenly plumage fair, He looked, which down... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1828 - 408 pages
...swept, retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which...passed, So he through learning and through fancy took 4 His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat; not soiled and worn, As... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1828 - 418 pages
...his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, ~~i ^ To which the stars did reverence as it passed, So he, through learning and through fancy, took 1 His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat ; not soiled and worn, As... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...swept, retir'd in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seem'd to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it pass'd ; So he through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime; and on the loftiest top... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1829 - 300 pages
...swept, retired in pride, Exulting in the glory of his might, And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, •' To which the stars did reverence, as it passed ; So lie through learning, and through fanny took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top Of Fame's... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1841 - 628 pages
...parsed; So he through learning nlid through fancy look His flight sublime, and on the loftiest lop Of Fame's dread mountain sat; not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had lahoreil up; Rut DS some hird of heavenly plumage fair, He looked, which down from higher regions came.... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1841 - 612 pages
...human race? Need 1 refer you to Byron, "a man of rank, and of capacious soul!" "As some fierce cornel of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed; So lie through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of Fame's dread... | |
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As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence as it passed, So he, through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of fame's dread mountain sat. 
