 | Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier - 1856 - 390 pages
...mortal, ever lost or gain'd ! How many a spirit born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted to eternal fame ! " MOOHE. THE Coorg War ! and what on earth is the Coorg war? will the reader, uninitiated into the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1857 - 434 pages
...mortal ever lost or gain'd. How nany a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that with'ring name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, . Had wafted...spread Their wings above the mountain-head, Become enthroned in upper air, And turn to sun-bright glories there ' And who is he, that wields the might... | |
 | St. George Tucker - 1857 - 368 pages
...mortal ever lost or gained. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name; Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted to eternal fame ! MOORE. RICHMOND, VA.: ' PUBLISHED BY GEORGE M. WEST Entered according to Act of Congress, in the... | |
 | 1858 - 572 pages
...mortal ever lost or gained. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hns sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted to eternal fame. The poison of these opprobrious arrows is all the more deadly, because like strychnine over the nervous... | |
 | Louise de Cléron (comtesse d'Haussonville.) - 1858 - 298 pages
...nom au respect du monde. ProHow many a spirit born to bless, Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame. Rébellion ! mot vil et déshonorant qui, d'une flétrissure injuste, a si souvent souillé la cause... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1859 - 606 pages
...mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to...spread Their wings above the mountain-head, Become enthroned in upper air, And turn to sun-bright glories there ! And who is he, that wields the might... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 778 pages
...many a spirit, bom to bless, Hath sunk beneath that with'ring name, Whom but a day's, an hour's snccea Had wafted to eternal fame ! As exhalations, when...spread Their wings above the mountain-head, Become enthroned in upper-air, And turn to sun-bright glories there ! And who is ho, that wields the might... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 428 pages
...mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering nanti', Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to...chill'd at first, If check'd in soaring from the plain, 1 )arken to fogs and sink again ; — But, if they once triumphant spread Their wings above the mountain-head,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 pages
...mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's an hour's success Had wafted to eternal...spread Their wings above the mountain-head, Become enthroned in upper air, And turn to sun-bright glories there ! And who is he that wields the might... | |
 | 1865 - 426 pages
...troops and blood-red flags, Thou satrap of a bigot Prince, Have swann'd among these Green Sea crags ; Yet here, ev'n here, a sacred band Ay, in the portal...in upper air, And turn to sun-bright glories there ! And who is he, that wields the might Of Freedom on the Green Sea brink, Before whose sabre's dazzling... | |
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Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success... 
