 Long may her sons, from Learning's classic grove, Around thee throng to honour — and to love. The helm may rust, the laurel bough may fade, Oblivion's grasp may blunt the Victor's blade, But that bright, holy wreath which Learning gives, Untorn by hate,...  Congratulatory addresses recited in the theatre, Oxford, at the installation ... - Page 58by University of Oxford - 1834 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - 360 pages
...blunt the victor's blado, But that bright holy wreath, which learning gives Untorn by hate, nncharra'd by envy lives — Lives through the march of tempest...Pure as the breeze, and as eternal too, Fair as the night star's eve— awaken'd ray, But with no morn to chase its fires away." So wrote Graham, and the... | |
 | 1888 - 654 pages
...past fifty years and probably never existed. THE helm may rust, the laurel bough may fade, Oblivious grasp may blunt the victor's blade ; But that bright,...gives, Untorn by hate, unharm'd by envy, lives.— Graham. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. Original in GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. HOUSEKEEPING IN TOBEIGN LANDS. XII. Л JAPANESE... | |
 | 1899 - 462 pages
...BIOGRAPHY AND LITERATURE. THE WEALTH OF LEARNING. The helm may rust, the laurel bough may fade, Oblivious grasp may blunt the victor's blade ; But that bright,...learning gives. Untorn by hate, unharm'd by envy, lives. — GRAHAM. baptized the day after birth, so I hardly think that there has been a time that \Vhit-Sunday... | |
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