 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...lives to clutch the golden keys — • To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes...crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire ; Yet feels, as in a pensive dream, When all his active powers are still,... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1868 - 468 pages
...keys, To mold a mighty State's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And, moving up froai high to higher, Becomes, on fortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a World's desire." Having thus adverted in an imperfect manner to some of the more important... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1869 - 232 pages
...known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes...crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire ; Yet feels, as in a pensive dream, When all his active powers are still,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 pages
...known, and lives to clutch the golden keys, to mould a mighty state's decrees, and shape the whisper of the throne : and moving up from high to higher, becomes...crowning slope the pillar of a people's hope, the centre of a world's desire; yet feels as in a pensive dream, when all his aflive powers are still,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 pages
...known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes...crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire ; Yet feels, as in a pensive dream, When all his active powers are still,... | |
 | Marian Frances Fernando - 1870 - 56 pages
...of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star, ********* And moving up from high to higher, Becomes on Fortune's...crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire." MORAL. Throw not aside the fruits of industry for those of temptation,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...known, And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes...crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire ; Yet feels, as in a pensive dream, When all his active powers are still,... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - 1871 - 276 pages
...patient work, he attained a foremost place in his profession, And, moving up from high to higher, Became, on fortune's crowning slope, The pillar of a people's hope, The center of a "world's desire. At first, it was the prevailing belief that he would be only the nominal head of his administration... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 330 pages
...known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes...crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire ; Yet feels, as in a pensive dream, When all his active powers are still,... | |
 | 1881 - 314 pages
...unless that most just and most glorious hope was encouraging him that he some day should " ' Stand on Fortune's crowning slope, The pillar of a people's hope, The center of a world's desire ? ' " " With most of your argument," said Mr. Lovel, " I should probably quite agree. But are you not... | |
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Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees,... 
