 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - Страниц: 458
...reign, And I will reign alone ; 10 My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts' are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, 15 To gain or lose it all. But I will reign and govern still, And always give the law, And have each... | |
 | Claire Weissman Wilks - 1980 - Страниц: 164
...him to you. Tennyson I never loved a tree or flower but 'twas the soonest to decay. Arnold He either fears his fate too much Or his deserts are small Who dares not put it to the touch To win or lose it all Who changes the name and not the letter Changes for worse and not the better. Tis... | |
 | Jane Millgate - 1987 - Страниц: 242
...Marquis of Montrose; see, for example, his letter to Lady Abercorn ot 9 September 1809: 'He either tears his fate too much / Or his deserts are small / Who dares not put it to the touch / To win or lose it all' (L n, 239). See also his quotation of the same stanza in the 1830 Introduction... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 1996 - Страниц: 260
...Democratic politicians. Fear, n. A sense of the total depravity of the immediate future. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch Who'd rather pass than call. Earl ofMontrose Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually... | |
 | Trevor A. Kletz - 1996 - Страниц: 224
...well-known verse by James Graham1: He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. (The poet was writing about love, where his philosophy may be justified, but this is not always made... | |
 | Duncan A. Bruce - 1998 - Страниц: 404
...Scotland's greatest soldiers, Montrose was also an accomplished poet. His most famous verse runs: "He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all."6 Hamish Hamilton British-American publisher who was an airplane pilot and rowed... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - Страниц: 438
...Democratic politicians. Fear, n. A sense of the total depravity of the immediate future. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch — Who'd rather pass than call. Earl ofMontrose. Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually... | |
 | George Bernard Shaw - 2001 - Страниц: 324
...he begins to declaim gracefully] He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all. The cottage door opens whilst he is reciting; and Vivie and Praed come in. He breaks off. Praed puts... | |
 | Leonard T. Olson - 2000 - Страниц: 326
...the Marquis de Montrose, who said: "He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small, that dares not put it to the touch to gain or lose it all!" Morrow, a World War II veteran of the Canadian Navy, specializes in the hurdles. But he's been thinking... | |
 | Anne Bogart - 2001 - Страниц: 170
...alleviates the risk of failure but at the same time there is also no possibility of advancement. He either fears his fate too much Or his deserts are small Who dares not put it to the torch To win or lose it all. I learned about the Japanese word irimi while studying Aikido, a Japanese... | |
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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. 
