 They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind,' Thrusting to...  The Frontier in American History - Halaman 241oleh Frederick Jackson Turner - 1920 - 375 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1872 - 810 halaman
...lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind Thrusting...o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapcrs blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lived. Fruitful and friendly for all human-kind,... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 504 halaman
...deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting...rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for his humankind, Yet also known to Heaven and friend with all its stars. I praise him not ; it were too... | |
 | 1879 - 692 halaman
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting...o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now. now lost in vapours blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined Fruitful and friendly for all human kind,... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1868 - 300 halaman
...true elder race, And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face. He was no lonely mountain peak of mind Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars A seamark now, now lost in vapours blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful and friendly for his humankind,... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1869 - 524 halaman
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will, That bent like perfect steel, to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting...also nigh to heaven, and loved of loftiest stars. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of serf and peer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 halaman
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. nis was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to*...Yet also nigh to Heaven and loved of loftiest stars. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 halaman
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. heaven. A moment, and its lustre fell ; But ere it...won, — Cheerly ply Ѐ U ^ Ƽ "P Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 halaman
...unfaltering skill, And supple.tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain.peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea. mark now, now lost in vapors blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level. lined, Fruitful and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 halaman
...unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. h slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged liars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind ; Broad prairie rather, genial, level-lined, Fruitful... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1874 - 360 halaman
...That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting...Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars. Nothing of Europe here, Or, then, of Europe fronting mornward still, Ere any names of Serf and Peer... | |
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