 The path of duty was the way to glory; He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden-roses....  The Popular Science Monthly - Page 3361885Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...pilgrimage; here little, and hereafter bliss, is best from age to age. SIR W. SCOTT 2O THE PATH OF DUTY NOT once or twice in our rough island story the path...journey closes he shall find the stubborn thistle bursting into glossy purples, which outredden all voluptuous garden-roses. 21 VISIONS OF DEPARTED JOYS... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1864 - 634 pages
...remember, but which can be in part conceived by those who saw the victor of Waterloo laid beside him. " Not once or twice, in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory." Not even the victory of Trafaigar and the blood of Nelson could save Europe. Eager to chastise Austria,... | |
 | 1865 - 674 pages
...perished, may be cared for by those who have the power to help the fatherless and the afflicted : — " Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path...self, before his journey closes He shall find the slubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which out-redden All voluptuous garden roses. * * *... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 334 pages
...after you shall have scaled certain " toppling crags " of which he speaks :— " The path of duty is the way to glory: He that walks it, only thirsting...journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden-roses. He, that ever following... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 340 pages
...after you shall have scaled certain " toppling crags " of which he speaks : — " The path of duty is the way to glory : He that walks it, only thirsting...journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden-roses. He, that ever following... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1866 - 494 pages
...are, indeed, enabled to discern that this path of duty has its own peculiar glory : " He that walks in it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden...journey closes He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which outreddeu All voluptuous garden-roses. He that, ever following... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 414 pages
...not to be great, But as he saves or serves the state. Not once or twice in our rough island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory : He that walks it, or-ly thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - 1866 - 808 pages
...to vindicate its honor. Duty, — what a brave word it is ! " The path of duty is the way to glory I He that walks it only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Soul of self before his journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy pusples,... | |
 | 1867 - 622 pages
...pleasure, and may carry in its train honour arid renown. " Not once or twice in our rough island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory: He that walks...journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting All voluptuous garden roses. VOL. xn.—NO. ix. 5 a Into glossy purples, which out-redden... | |
 | Augustus Woodbury - 1867 - 630 pages
...sagacious and skillful officer. His career is an additional illustration of the words of the poet : " The path of duty was the way to glory ; He that walks...journey closes He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, whioh outredden All voluptuous garden roses. He, that ever following... | |
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