 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...laurels blast. Tis madness to resist or blame The face of angry Heaven's flame, And if we would speak ful days ; And join with the triumphant sainte, That...is dim ; But 'tis enough that Christ knows all, An ruiii the great work of time, And cast the Kingdoms old Into another mould. Though Justice against... | |
 | 1881 - 456 pages
...laurels blast. "Pis madness to resist or blame The face of angry heaven's flame ; And if we would speak true, Much to the Man is due, Who, from his private...plot To plant the bergamot), Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of time, And cast the Kingdoms old Into another mould. Tho' Justice... | |
 | sir Edmund William Gosse - 1881 - 308 pages
...lived reserved and austere (As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot), Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of time, And cast the Kingdoms old Into another mould. Tho' Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient Rights in vain — But those do hold or break,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...laurels blast. "Tis madness to resist or blame The face of angry heaven's flame ; And, if we would speak true, Much to the man is due, Who, from his private...the great work of time, And cast the kingdoms old Though justice against fate complain, And plead the ancient rights in vain — But those do hold or... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pages
...laurels blast. Tis madness to resist or blame The force of angry heaven's flame ; And if we would speak true, Much to the man is due, Who from his private...highest plot To plant the bergamot, Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of Time, And cast the kingdoms old, Into another mould. Though... | |
 | 1883 - 540 pages
...conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw. MILTON. And if we would speak true, Much to the man is due, Who from his private...Time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould. What field of all the civil war, Where his were not the deepest scar! And Hampton shows what part He... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 pages
...inglorious arts of peace, But through adventurous war Urg6d his active star : * * * * And if we would speak true, Much to the man is due, Who from his private...austere, (As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot), Coultl by industrious valour climb To win the greatest work of Time, And cast the kingdoms old Into... | |
 | William James Linton - 1883 - 396 pages
...resist or blame The face of heavens angry flame ; And, if we would speak true, Much to the man is due, He lived reserved and austere (As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot), Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of Time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould. Though Justice... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 396 pages
...lived reserved and austere (As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot), Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of Time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould. Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient rights in vain : But those do hold or break... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1884 - 410 pages
...or rather history would not have presented it at all, had he never left, — " His private garden, where He lived, reserved and austere, As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot." But, on the other hand, only a character such as Cromwell's was in its native quality, could have filled... | |
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Tis madness to resist or blame The face of angry heaven's flame ; And if we would speak true, Much to the Man is due Who, from his private gardens, where He lived reserved and austere (As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot) Could by industrious... 
