 And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought As some fierce comet, of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence as it passed, So he through learning and through fancy took His flight sublime, and on the loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat;...  The Course of Time: A Poem - Стр. 97авторы: Robert Pollok - 1852 - Страниц: 256Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1838 - Страниц: 884
...loftieit top Of Fame's dread mountain sat ; not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...humble plight, Confounded fell, and made debasing signs To catch his eye ; and stretched and swelled themselves To bursting nigh, to utter bulky words Of admiration... | |
 | 1827 - Страниц: 604
...loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat: not soiled, and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...humble plight; Confounded fell; and made debasing signs To catch his eye ; and stretched, and swelled themselves To bursting nigh, to utter bulky words Of... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - Страниц: 624
...loftiest top Of fame's dread mountain sat : not soiled, and worn, As if he from the. earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair He...came, And perched it there, to see what lay beneath. Proof this, beyond all lingering of doubt, That not with natural or mental wealth, Was God delighted,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - Страниц: 640
...if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair He looked, ^Yluch down from higher regions came, And perched it there, to see what lay beneath. Proof this, beyond all lingering of doubt. That not with natural or mental wealth, Was God delighted,... | |
 | 1828 - Страниц: 814
...loftiest top Of fame's dread mountain sat, not soiled and worn. As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...plight ; Confounded fell ; and made debasing signs To catch his eye ; and stretched, and swelled themselves To bursting nigh, to utter bulky words Of... | |
 | 1828 - Страниц: 588
...loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat: not soiled, and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...plight ; Confounded fell ; and made debasing signs To catch his eye ; and stretched, and swelled themselves To bursting nigh, to utter bulky words Of... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1828 - Страниц: 408
...loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat ; not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...humble plight, Confounded fell, and made debasing signs To catch his eye, and stretched, and swelled themselves To bursting nigh, to utter bulky words Of admiration... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1828 - Страниц: 418
...loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat ; not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...praised. Critics before him fell in humble plight, . 7 ^ Confounded fell, and made debasing signs To catch his eye ; and stretched and swelled themselves... | |
 | 1828 - Страниц: 580
...loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat: not soiled, and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...what lay beneath. "The nations gazed, and wondered ranch, and praised. Critics before him fell in humble plight; Confounded fell ; and made debasing signs... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - Страниц: 310
...loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat; not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up ; But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He...came, And perched it there, to see what lay beneath. Great man! the nations gazed, and wondered much, And praised ; and many called his evil good. Wits... | |
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