 | John Theodore Merz - 1907 - 482 pages
...— " Bacon at last, a mighty man, arose, . . . And boldly undertook the injur'd pupil's cause. ... led us forth at last, The barren wilderness he past; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And, from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it."... | |
 | 1907 - 548 pages
...deliverer Moses : "From these and all long errors of the way in which our wandering predecessors went, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he passed, Did on the very border stand, Of the blest promised land; And from the mountain top of his... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 pages
...predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last; The barren...border stand Of the blest promised land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man... | |
 | Patrick Arkley Wright Henderson - 1910 - 200 pages
...wandering predecessors went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In desarts but of small extent, Bacon like Moses led us forth at last, The barren...Mountain Top of his Exalted Wit Saw it himself and shew'd us it. But Life did never to one Man allow Time to discover Worlds and conquer too ; Nor can... | |
 | George Walter Steeves - 1910 - 272 pages
...wandering Predecessors went And like the old Hebrews many years did stray In Deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last, The barren...he past, Did on the very Border stand Of the blest promis'd Land, And, from the Mountains top of his exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 534 pages
...Praedecessors went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In Desarts but of small extent, Bacon 9 like Moses^ led us forth at last The barren Wilderness...Border stand Of the blest promised Land, And from the Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it. But Life did never to one Man allow... | |
 | 1912 - 1024 pages
...fine ode : — From these and such like errors of the way In which our wandering predecessors went, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness he passed ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promised land, And, from the mountain top of his... | |
 | James Moffatt - 1913 - 252 pages
...wandering predecessors went, And like th'old Hebrews many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon like Moses led us forth at last. The barren...he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself and showed us it." —... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1913 - 426 pages
...thou, their charge, went singing all the way ; 4 Lord Chancellor of both their laws ; who, in Science, Like Moses, led us forth at last ; The barren wilderness...past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest, promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.6... | |
 | Emile Boutroux, Alois Riehl, Alfred Denis Godley - 1914 - 160 pages
...our Praedecessors went, And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In Desarts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last The barren...he past, Did on the very Border stand Of the blest promis'd Land, And from the Mountains Top of his Exalted Wit, Saw it himself, and shewed us it. But... | |
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From these and all long errors of the way, In which our wandering predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the... 
