 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,...  The Poetic New World - Page 375edited by - 1910 - 526 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 348 pages
...however gladly I would ; and at the end of a week my interest in a composition goes off. " — K] Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the Great...Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? (1) [In one of Lord Byron's MS. Diaries, begun at Ravenna in May, 1821, we find the following: —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 328 pages
...to the retention of his power by Augustus, the thing was already settled. If he had given it up — Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one ! ! the commonwealth was gone... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...— the crest ? Vain froward child of empire I say. Are all thy playthings snatch 'd away ? " Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great...guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes— one—the first— the last— the best — The Cinclnnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1842 - 646 pages
...eminent men, and by the greatest of her later poets. For says BVRON, in his Ode to NAPOLEON : ' Where mny the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the great ; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable hate? Yes \ one — the first, the last, the best — • Ttie (VM:INN\TT-S ot" the West, Whom Envy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...— the crest ? Vain froward child of empire ! say, Are all thy playthings snatch'd awajr ? " Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate. Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One 1 " > A Poem by Mr. [now the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...froward child of empire 1 say. Are all thy playthings inatch'd away ? " Where may the wearied eye repote When gazing on the great ; Where neither guilty glory...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One 1 " » A Poem by Mr. [now the... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1845 - 102 pages
...presenting to the admiration of the world the embodiment of imaginary or peerless virtue, he referred to — -"the name of Washington, To make men blush there was but one." Here, in succession, dwelt John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and here assembled the first Congress and... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...peopled hell with heroes slain, Or plung'da province or a realm in grief. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the great,...the best, — The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dar'd not hate — Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make men blush there was but one. BYRON. 23.... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...peopled hell with heroes slain, Or plung'da province or a realm in grief. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the great,...the best, — The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dar'd not hate — Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make men blush there was but one. BYRON. 23.... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - 1850 - 586 pages
...the crest? Vain, froward child of empire, say Are all thy playthings snatched away ? UlliMl^jL Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the great...? Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable hate ? Yes one! the. first, the last, the hest, The Cincinnatus of the west, Whom envy dared not hate,... | |
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