 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 1376 Seiten
...the abyss of Time ; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. XLIII. "He came to his sceptre young; he leaves it old: Look to the state in which...annals too behold. How to a minion first he gave the helm;1 How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - 1911 - 1196 Seiten
...on the abyss of time; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. -280 'He came to his scepter young; he leaves it old: Look to the state in which...for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm *86 The meanest hearts; and for the rest, but glance Thine eye along America and France. ' *T is true,... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1911 - 792 Seiten
...the abyss of time ; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. XLIII ' He came to his sceptre young ; he leaves it old : Look to the state in which...too behold, How to a minion first he gave the helm ; 340 How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 Seiten
...unfeeling and remorseless ! The last corruption of degenerate man. 278 Dr. Johnson : Irene. Act i. Sc. 1. A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts. 279 Byron: Vision of J. St. 4;'* So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice.... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - 1919 - 714 Seiten
...our fares II "He1 came to his scepter young; he leaveit old: Look to the state in which he found hi: -< l7^8_8 sr<>ld The beggar's vice, which can but over whelm The meanest hearts; and for the rest, bui glance... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold! WJ BRTAN. Democratic Convention. July 9, 1896. 6 BTBON — The Vision of Judgment. St. 43. 7 And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee. CHAUCER —... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1924 - 486 Seiten
...floated on the abyss of time; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. " He came to his sceptre young ; he leaves it old : Look to the state in which...a minion first he gave the helm; How grew upon his hearts thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts ; and for the... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 Seiten
...floated on the abyss of time; For the rough virtues chose them for their clime. " He came to his sceptre e, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming...Misses an unit. That, has the world here — shou Howtoaminion first he gave the helm; How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice,... | |
 | 1886 - 372 Seiten
...cell. — Dora Greemvell. GEORGE THE THIRD. {From Byron's "Vision of Judgment.") HE came to his sceptre young ; he leaves it old ; Look to the state in which...And left it ; and his annals, too, behold, How to a mmion first he gave the helm ; How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which... | |
 | Vardis Fisher, Opal Laurel Holmes, Opal Laurel Fisher - 1968 - 492 Seiten
...thou not drive the hearts of men? From Byron the loveliest of all the metals brought this judgment: A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts. And from Shelley this cry: Gold is a living god, and rules in scorn All earthly things but virtue. Is it... | |
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How grew upon his heart a thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts ; and for the rest, but glance Thine eye along America and France. 
