 | Melancthon Woolsey Stryker - 1896 - 200 páginas
...courageous. Patience in him became a genius, a purpose that censors could neither hurry nor hinder. "He knew to bide his time; And can his fame abide...Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgments for the hour: But at last silence comes. These all are gone, and, standing like a tower,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 páginas
...him not; it were too late; And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in...bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient iu his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. Great captains, with their guns and drums,... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1896 - 278 páginas
...not ; it were too late ; And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait. Safe in...He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, SI ill patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. Great captains with their drums... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 618 páginas
...these singular forces better than questions can; and no man illustrates it better than Abraham Lincoln. "Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb...for the hour; But at last silence comes: These all arejgone, and standing like a tower, v- Our children shall behold his fame, — The kindly-earnest,... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 592 páginas
...not ; it were too late ; And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in...judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes : These are all gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1897 - 580 páginas
...not ; it were too late ; And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait. Safe in...simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. Gieat captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1897 - 1328 páginas
...Illinois, who became the most illustrious of our Presidents since the first, of whom Lowell nobly wrote: "Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb...judgment for the hour: But at last silence comes; then all arc gone, And .standing like a tower; Our children shall behold his fame — The- kindly,... | |
 | American Historical Association - 1897 - 1328 páginas
...Illinois, who became the most illustrious of our Presidents since the first, of whom Lowell nobly wrote: '•'Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour: But ut last silence comes; theii all are ^roue, And standing like a tower; Our children shall bohold his... | |
 | Charles Noble - 1898 - 460 páginas
...Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. ******* He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, 25 Till the wise years decide. ****** These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children... | |
 | 1899 - 638 páginas
...him not; it were too late; And'some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in...Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence conies ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest,... | |
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I praise him not ; it were too late ; And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. 
