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 376edited by - 1910 - 526 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edouard Laboulaye - 1867 - 512 pages
...dévouement. Ah t que Byron avait bien raison de s'écrier à la fin de son Ode à Napoléon : Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great, Where neither guilly glory grows Nor despicable state ? Yes ! One — the first — the last — the best, The Cincinnatus... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...string, the crest ? Vain froward child of empire ! say, Are all thy playthings snatch'd away t Where turned him glance for glance, And proudly to his sire's...askance— And why— he felt, but durst not tell. ' M bestThe Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make... | |
| John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 pages
...ever peopled hell with heroes slain, Or plung'da province or a realm in grief. BYRON'S Don Juan. 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. Whose... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1869 - 644 pages
...string — the crest? Vain froward child of empire ! say, Are all thy playthings snatch'd away 1 1 Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great...state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the brtv The Cincinnatus of the West, 482 NOTICES or THE 1814. 179. TO MR. MURRAY. " April 26. 1814. "... | |
| Jesse Clement - 1869 - 490 pages
...one portion of the inestimable riches which the son inherited from the mother: " Where may the weary 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...string, the crest ? Vain froward child of empire ! say, Are all thy playthings snatch'da\vay ? Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the Great,...Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one ! ODE FROM THE FRENCH. I. WE... | |
| Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 pages
...devoted love of country, which his words have commended, which his example has consecrated. " 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." THE OBSTACLES TO CHRISTIANITY.—... | |
| 1871 - 588 pages
...immortalized the founder of American liberty by the measured numbers of his muse : " Where may the weary eye repose, When gazing on the great, Where neither guilty glory glows Nor despicable hate? Yes, one — the first— the last— the best— The Cincinnatus of the west ! Bequeath the... | |
| Louis Viardot - 1872 - 402 pages
...of modern times, on whom Byron pronounces a eulogium at the end of his " Ode to Napoleon :" " Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the great...not hate. Bequeath the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one."* * On the new monument to Washington, at Philadelphia, the Americans... | |
| Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1872 - 218 pages
...— the crest ?, Vain fro ward child of empire ! say, Are all thy playthings snatch'd away t Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great...one— the first — the last — the best — The Cincinnatusof the West. Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath the name of Washington, To make man blush... | |
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