 | 1821 - 818 Seiten
...desert bare, a shipless sea. They are the distant objects seen ; The lofty mark* of what hath been. Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrims' wistful eye The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | 1821 - 618 Seiten
...desert bare, a shipless sea. They are the distant objects seen ; The lofty marks of what hath been. Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrims' wistful eye The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | 1821 - 614 Seiten
...the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young, from slothful couch will start, And vow, with lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part ? О ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When, but for those, our mighty... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1821 - 418 Seiten
...stripling quits the pensive scene, And burns, and sighs, and weeps to be what he has been. LIX. O! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the... | |
 | 1821 - 612 Seiten
...the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young, from slothful couch will start, And vow, with lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part ? О ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When, but for those, our mighty... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1821 - 422 Seiten
...the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young, from slothful couch will start, And vow, with lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part ? LX. O ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When, but for those, our mighty... | |
 | Alexander Garden - 1822 - 762 Seiten
...brace, the heart to warm. As thinking of the mighty dead, The young from slothful couch shall start, And vow with lifted hands outspread, Like them to act, a noble part." BAILIE. I am still further induced to persist in my undertaking, that I may both by precept and example... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 Seiten
...desert bare, a sbiplcss sea. They are the distant object* seen ; The lofty marks of what hath been, Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrims' wistful eye' The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 Seiten
...desert bare, a shipless sea. They are the distant objects seen ; The lofty marks of what hath been, Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth- worn pilgrims' wistful eye' The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...an end — that end. Beginning, mean, and end to all things, God. JOANNA BAILLIE. THE WORTH OF FAME. OH ! who shall lightly say, that Fame Is nothing but an empty name! Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty... | |
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Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young from slothful couch will start, And vow, with lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part? 
