 | 1882 - 552 pages
...also to the memory of the " statesman - warrior," the man of amplest influence — " Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest, yet with least pretence....council, and great in war, Foremost captain of his time ; Kich in saving common sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O, good gray... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1881 - 492 pages
...rcsoluto, Whole in himself, a common good. 5. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest, yet with least pretence,—...council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Eich in saving common sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. 6. He is gone... | |
 | 1881 - 696 pages
...Listen next to Tennyson, whose words we gladly and rightfully appropriate, while he pictures one " Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. . . . Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor pa'tered with eternal God for power; . . . Whose... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 690 pages
...Listen next to Tennyson, whose words we gladly and rightfully appropriate, while he pictures one " Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. . . . Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor pa'tered with eternal God for power ; . . . Whose... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1882 - 170 pages
...resolute, Whole in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence,...the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true... | |
 | Arthur Compton Auchmuty - 1882 - 172 pages
...resolute, Whole in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence,...the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...resolute, Whole in himself, a common good, Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence,...Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of hts time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1883 - 504 pages
...resolute, Whole in himself, a common good. 5. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest, yet with least pretence,...council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Eich in saving common sense, And, as the greatest only arc, In his simplicity sublime. 6. He is gone... | |
 | F G. Marchant - 1883 - 422 pages
...himself, a common good. . . . . The man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime ; The greatest, yet with least pretence : Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Bich in saving common sense, And, aз the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...and where they be. Ibid. xxvi. 3. For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. The Brook. Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. Ode on the Death oftlie Date of Wellington. Stanza 4. O good gray head which all men knew. Ibid. TENNYSON.... | |
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Mourn for the man of long-enduring blood, The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute, Whole in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great... 
