| 1911 - 518 pages
...of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state. Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For...noble deeds give birth, Or he must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause.' ABT. VI.—... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last,...noble deeds give birth, Or He must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name,. 35 Finds comfort in himself and in his cEhise; And,... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last,...noble deeds give birth, Or He must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause ; And, while... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last,...the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Qr He must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...danger can dismay, N«r thought of tender happiness betray; " ho, not content that former worth stand Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or lie must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...shape of danger can dismay, Xor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast. Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpasl : Who, whether praise of him must walk tbe earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth,... | |
| 1843
...shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward persevering to the last From well to better, daily self-surpass'd. Who — whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give... | |
| Frederick Poynder - Piety - 1843 - 74 pages
...'Qnoyvianovtî iavT$, ко! тот avrâv opcyerat кота Trâffav -rí¡v tyv-jcliv. — Eth. IX. iv. 3. « " Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name — Finds comfort in himself and... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last,...noble deeds give birth, Or he must go to dust without his fame, And leave a dead, unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause ; And. while... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last,...For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name — Finds comfort in himself and... | |
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