 With virtue, liberty, and truth combined, And honest zeal, and piety, and grace, The throne and altar's strength have intertwined : The lofty glories of the land and main, The stream of industry, and trade's proud course, The majesty of empire to sustain,...  Primitiæ et reliquiæ [verses by R.C. Wellesley]. - Страница 16по Richard Colley Wellesley (marq.) - 1840 - 58 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1840 - 480 страници
...lead to Wo ; Under what wrath unfaithful Israel fell, What mighty arm laid Babel's triumphs low. Eise, sacred tree ! on Thames's gorgeous shore, To warn...the cares of waning age, May memory bring to me my long past hours To calm my soul, and troubled thoughts assuage ! Come, parent Eton ! turn the stream... | |
 | 1840 - 756 страници
...the school in which he was educated, — is evident from the following beautiful apostrophe : — " Me, when thy shade and Thames's meads and flowers...memory bring to me my long-past hours, To calm my MJU!, and troubled thoughts assuage. Come, parent Eton ; turn the stream of time Back to thv sacred... | |
 | 1869 - 344 страници
...and battered physiognomy ! Oxford, 19th of February, 1840. THE MARaiJIS WELLESLEY'S ADDRESS TO ETOX. ME, when thy shade and Thames's meads and flowers,...the cares of waning age, May memory bring to me my long- past hours, To calm my soul, and troubled thoughts assuage. Come, parent Eton ! turn the stream... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1875 - 646 страници
...proud course, The majesty of empire to sustain, God's blessing on sound faith is Britain's force. I • Me, when thy shade and Thames's meads and flowers...the cares of waning age, May memory bring to me my long-post hours To calm my soul and troubled thoughts assuage 1 II Come, parent Eton ! turn the stream... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1876 - 726 страници
...dwellings death-like silence reigns. Rise, sacred Tree ! a monument to tell How Vanity and Folly led to Woe ; Under what wrath unfaithful Israel fell,...to soothe the cares of waning age, May Memory bring tome my long-past hours To calm my soul, and troubled thoughts assuage ! Come, parent Eton ! turn the... | |
| |
