 We shall exult, if they who rule the land Be men who hold its many blessings dear, "Wise, upright, valiant; not a servile band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand.  The Quarterly Review - Page 433edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 440 pages
...Be men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant, not a venal band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand. " The song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, the Seven Sisters, the Affliction of Margaret of , possess... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 446 pages
...Be men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant, not a venal band. Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand. " The song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, the Seven Sisters, the Affliction of Margaret of , possess... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant ; not a servile band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand. xxviii. ODE. 240 24l But they are ever playing, And twinkling in the light, And, if a breeze be straying,... | |
 | 1856 - 796 pages
...arduous a situation ai man ever occupied ! Wise, upright, Taliant, not avenal band, \Vlio are tu judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand. Prayer, also, should be made for both Houses of Parliament, lest they be weighed in the balance and... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1856 - 444 pages
...God help poor England! Well might W. forefeelingly call our rulers " A venal band Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand." Do you know anything of Captain Philip Beaver ? He has, I believe, the Acasta at this time in the W.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant ; not a servile band,* Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand. * venal band.— Edit. 1815. PART II. x. ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY. A ROMAN Master stands... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...Be men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant ; not a venal band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour, which they do not understand. bebkaieb fa FEOK 1807 TO 1813. OH A CELEERATED EVENT IH ANCIENT HISTOEY. A ROMAN master stands on Grecian... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...Be men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant; not a venal band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour, which they do not understand. rounds fcrtlnatrtl to S.ibrrttl. PROM 1807 TO 1813. ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN HISTORY. A ROMAN master... | |
 | Derwent Coleridge - 1863 - 414 pages
...men •who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant ; not a venal band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour, which they do not understand. WORDSWORTH. THE LANDING-PLACE: OB, ESSAYS INTERPOSED FOR AMUSEMENT, RETROSPECT, AND PREPARATION. MISCELLANY... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, upright, valiant ; not a servile band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, And honour which they do not understand. William Wordsworth. CCXII THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As... | |
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