 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 sider
...Rhine. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod — An honest man's the noblest work of God. »*••*»» All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart; One self -approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 sider
...or on the Rhine. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod — Ah honest man's the noblest work of God. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart ; One self -approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 sider
...from the grave ; When what to oblivion better were resigned Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. oats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not th« heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas ; And... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 sider
...wit 'sa feather, and a chief a rod ; An honest man 's the noblest work of God.1 Epistle iv. Line 247. Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweigbs 1 Man is his own star, and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 sider
...delusion fed, Deaf to the rumour of fallacious fame, Gives to the roll of death his glorious name. POPE. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not near the heart; One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 sider
...wit 'sa feather, and a chief a rod ; An honest man 's the noblest work of God.1 Epistle iv. Line 247. Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 1 See Fletcher, Ufon an Honest Afan's Fortune. Essay on Man continued.] Of stupid... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 sider
...from the grave ; When what to oblivion better were resigned Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round...but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exiled feels... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 564 sider
...Rubicon or on the Rhine. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod : An honest man's the noblest work of God. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round...but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exiled feels,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 sider
...what I' oblivion better were resign 'd, Is hung on high to poison half mankind. All fame is fb'reign, t take whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 554 sider
...Rubicon or on the Rhine. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod: - An honest man's the noblest work of God. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the.heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And... | |
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All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas : And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. 
