| 1881 - Liczba stron: 456
...in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens...occasion true, O fall'n at length that tower of strength Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor... | |
| 1882 - Liczba stron: 552
...in saving common sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O, good gray head, which all men knew ; O, voice, from which their omens...men drew ; O, iron nerve, to true occasion true ; O, fallen at length that tower of strength. Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." greatest... | |
| Joseph Hammond - 1881 - Liczba stron: 608
...was dead — an instructive parable of his moral and spiritual decay. We may well cry here — " 0 fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood foursquare to all the winds that blew." But it is much more pertinent to ask what brought that proud fortress to the ground. It would have... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - Liczba stron: 698
...fame as a priceless and everlasting possession. "'O iron nerve to true occasion true! O fallen :it length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew!' 'His work is done; But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand Colossal seen... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - 1881 - Liczba stron: 274
...in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. 0 good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, 0 iron nerve to true occasion true, 0 fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square... | |
| 1881 - Liczba stron: 626
...we have often felt inclined to apply to him Tennyson's description of the Duke of Wellington as the tower of strength, Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew. Probably its singular power lay in the remarkable union in it of the intellectual, the practical, the... | |
| James Abram Garfield - 1882 - Liczba stron: 832
...his fame as a priceless and everlasting possession. " O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fallen at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew I " His work is done, But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand Colossal,... | |
| James Abram Garfield - 1882 - Liczba stron: 842
...the Laureate of England applied to Wellington : — " O iron nerve, to true occasion true ! O fallen at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blewl" NOMINATION OF JOHN SHERMAN. SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, AT CHICAGO,... | |
| John Horace Round, Colchester Castle - 1882 - Liczba stron: 164
...a "yard " shews that it was open then as now. twines and the owl nestles, for " Fallen at length Is that Tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." Fallen indeed is that mighty donjon, on which our forefathers learned to gaze " with a peculiar kind... | |
| John Horace Round, Colchester Castle - 1882 - Liczba stron: 162
...town and. found it " swarming with sectaries.") twines and the owl nestles, for " Fallen at length Is that Tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew." Fallen indeed is that mighty donjon, on which our forefathers learned to gaze " with a peculiar kind... | |
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