 How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise, With what sublime repression of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly ; Not swaying to this faction or to that ; Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions, nor a vantage-ground...  Littell's Living Age - Page 641862Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1897 - 610 pages
...Christendom, and found its chief practical interest in the tortuous and bloodstained politics of Italy. ' Not swaying to this faction, or to that ; Not making...place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions, nor a vantage ground For pleasure ; ' sings Tennyson. But this is precisely what the Popes of that period... | |
 | 1877 - 1004 pages
...narrow jealousies Are silent: and we see him as lie moved. How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise 1 With what sublime repression of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly 1 Not swaying to this faction or to that: Not making his high place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambition,... | |
 | 1862 - 802 pages
...jealoiuics An silent : and we sec him as he moved :— How modest, kindly, all-accomplished. wfee, With what sublime repression of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly ; Sot swaying to this faction or to that; Not makint? bis hiyh place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1863 - 52 pages
...have lost him; he is gone ! We know him now : all narrow jealousies Are silent; and we see him as he moved— How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise,...vantage-ground For pleasure; but through all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before a thousand peering littlenesses.... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...now; all narrow jealousies Are silent; and we see him as he moved, How modest, kindly, accomplish'd, wise, With what sublime repression of himself, And...winged ambitions nor a vantage-ground For pleasure; but thro' all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before a thousand peering... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...all narrow jealousies are silent; and we see him as he moved, how modest, kindly, all accomplished, wise, with what sublime repression of himself, and...what limits, and how tenderly; not swaying to this fadtion or to that; not making his high place the lawless perch of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground... | |
 | 1865 - 496 pages
...have lost him! He is gone: We know him now: all narrow jealousies Are silent; and we see him as he moved, How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise,...high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions, cor a vantage-ground For pleasure ; but through all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 pages
...have lost him ; he is gone ! We know him now : all narrow jealousies Are silent ; and we see him as he moved : How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise,...making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambition, nor a vantage ground For pleasure ; but through all this tract of years Wearing the white... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 702 pages
...know him now : all narrow jealousies Are silent ; and we see him as he moved, How modest, kimllj , all-accomplished, wise; With what sublime repression...that; Not making his high place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage ground For pleasure; hut thro' all this tract of years Wearing the... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 pages
...all narrow jealousies Are silent ; and we see him as he moved : How modest, kindly, all-accomplish'd, wise, With what sublime repression of himself, And...that ; Not making his high place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambition, nor a vantage ground For pleasure ; but through all this tract of years Wearing the... | |
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