 ... tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! How sweet, at distance from the strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash...  The British Critic: A New Review - Page 3831807Full view - About this book
 | 1807 - 518 pages
...clafh of war ! But fweeter far on Wifdom's heights ferene, Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode j To watch the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever wander ,in purfuit of blifn ; To mark the ftrife for honours, and renown, For wit and wealth, infatiate, ceafelefs urg'd,... | |
 | 1806 - 606 pages
...strife, to view Contending hosts, and bear the clash of war! But sweeter far, on Wisdom's height secure Upheld by truth, to fix our firm abode; To watch the giddy crowd that, deep belew, For ever wander in pursuit of bliss ; To mark the strife for honours, and renown, For wit and... | |
 | 1807 - 746 pages
...clam of war! But fweeter far on wifdom's , heights ferene, Upheld by truth, to fix our firm abode ; x To watch the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever...infatiate, ceafelefs urg'd, Day after day, with labour unrcftrain'd. " O wretched mortals ! race pcrverfe and blind, Through what dread dark, what perilous... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 522 pages
...clafh of .war ! Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode ; But fweeter far on Wifdom's heights ferene, To watch the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever...blifs ; To mark the ftrife for honours, and renown, Day after day, with labour unreftrain'd. ' I. 181—183. The beautiful passage which has been so often... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 262 pages
...ftrife, to view Contending hofts, and hear the clam of war [ But fweeter far on Wifdora'a heights ferene, Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode ; To watch the giddy crowd that, deep below,. For ever wander m purfuit of blifs ; To mark the ftrife for honours, and renovvn, For wit and wealth,. infatiate, ceafelefs... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Authors, English - 1828 - 492 pages
...strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But sweeter far on Wisdom's height serene, Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode; To watch the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever wander in pursuit of bliss ; To mark the strife for honours and renown, For wit and wealth, insatiate, ceaseless... | |
 | 334 pages
...strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But sweeter far on Wisdom's height serene, Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode ; To watch...the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever wander in pursuit of bliss ; To mark the strife for honours and renown, For wit and wealth, insatiate, ceaseless... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1881 - 1258 pages
...strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But sweeter far on Wisdom's height serene, Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode ; To watch...the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever wander in pursuit of bliss ; To mark the strife for honours, and renown, For wit and wealth, insatiate, ceaseless... | |
 | Religion - 1831 - 416 pages
...the mind ; But from such toil how sweet to feel secure ! Yet sweeter far on Wisdom's height serene, Upheld by truth, to fix our firm abode ; To watch...the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever wander in pursuit of bliss, Amid opinion's ever-varying strife. II. The wise who arc in the way of life arc elevated... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...strife, to view Contending hosts, and hear the clash of war ! But sweeter far on Wisdom's height serene. Upheld by Truth, to fix our firm abode ; To watch the giddy crowd that, deep below, For ever wander iu pursuit of bliss ; To mark the strife for honours and renown, For wit and wealth, insatiate, ceaseless... | |
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