 Think nothing gained,' he cries, 'till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.' The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast,...  Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greekby Plutarch - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...capitulate,2 and one resign ; (1) M'nial lord—the lord of the menials, the steward of the household. Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; "Think nothing gained," he cries, "till nought remain; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...of pain. No joys to him pacif% sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their power combine, And one capitulate,...hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gained," he cries,-" till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...pain ; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field. Behold surrounding kings their power combine, And one capitulate...hand, but spreads her charms in vain : " Think nothing gained," he cries, " till nought remain, " On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, " And all be... | |
 | Plutarch - 1857 - 726 pages
...master of his whole camp and army. Behold surrounding kings their power combine. And one capitnlute, and one resign. Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in Tain, " Think nothing pained, " he cries, " till naught remain, On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field : Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace...in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till naught remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky."... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field , Behold surrounding Kings their powers combine. And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vntn, "Think nothing gained," be cries, " till naught remaiv; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1858 - 616 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the Held; Behold surrounded kings their powers combiue, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms tn vain; 'Think nothing gained.' he cries ' till naught remain; On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards... | |
 | Plutarch - 1859 - 802 pages
...yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field. Behold surrounding kings their power comOlot, And one capitulate, and one resign. Peace courts his hand, but spreads her chums in rain, " Think nothing gaiu'd," he cries, " till nought nmftin, On Moscow's walls, till Gothic... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...sceptres yield, War .-omuls the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate and one resign ; Peace...hand, but spreads her charms in vain : " Think nothing gained," he cries, "till nought remain : On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field : Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace...hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; " Think nothing gairi'd," he cries, " till naught remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine... | |
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