 ... guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid...  De Quincey's Writings - Side 77af Thomas De Quincey - 1851Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - 378 sider
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day ; Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away. u TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. OUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the all-cheering... | |
 | Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 sider
...decay, — Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. POET!— Us hath put his heart to school, Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1882 - 720 sider
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.8 1 Alluding to the poet's first visit to France, which was in the Summer of 1790^ When... | |
 | Edward Hamilton Aitken - 1883 - 256 sider
...be wiped out of the earth to-day, exchange would neither rise nor fall, but has not the poet said, " Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away " ? And lizards once were great. They were the aristocracy of the earth. Not in the last... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 sider
...so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Yarrov Viiited. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. Poems dedicated to National Jndijiendince. Part i. On tin Lxtinction of the Vtmllan... | |
 | 1883 - 540 sider
...strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away. WORDSWORTH. To this fair Queen of Adria's stormy gulf, The mart of nations ! long,... | |
 | Thomas O'Hagan Baron O'Hagan - 1884 - 446 sider
...and it would be a vulgar baseness to rejoice in the overthrow of old names and honourable titles :— Men are we, and must grieve, when even the shade Of that which once was great has pass'd away. Neither let us imagine that, in all cases, the new proprietors are better than the old; for the owner... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Richard Chenevix Trench - 1884 - 304 sider
...strength decay, Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away." While Wordsworth must thus be regarded as the central figure among the modern artificers... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1884 - 202 sider
...decay, — Vet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away. ' W. Wordsworth. The Castello di S. Andrea was built by Michele Sanmichde in 1544. The... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1884 - 344 sider
...decay, — Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great has passed away. ' W. Wordsworth. The Castello di S. Andrea was built by Michele Sanmichele in 1544. The... | |
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