 Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us. Burns, Shelley, were with us— they watch from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen. He alone sinks to the rear and the slaves! We shall march prospering, — not thro...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 216by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1847 - 600 pages
...allowed: How all our copper had gone for his service! Rags — were they purple, his heart had been proud! We that had loved him so, followed him, honoured him,...accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die! NO. xII. KK Shakspeare was of us, Milton was for us, [graves! Barns, Shelley, were with us — they... | |
 | 1849 - 1052 pages
...We that had loved him so, follow'd him, honour'd him, Lived in his mild and magnificent eye; Learn'd his great language, caught his clear accents ; Made...us, Milton was for us ; Burns, Shelley, were with us,—they fight from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen, He alone sinks to... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...We that had loved him so, followed him, honor'd him, Lived in his mild and magnificent eye ; LearnM his great language, caught his clear accents; Made him our pattern to live and to die ! Shakfipeare was of us, Milton was for us ; Burns, Shelley, were with us — they fight from their... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags — were they purple, his heart had been proud ! We that had loved him so, followed him, honoured him,...clear accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die ! Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us, Burns, Shelley, were with us, — they watch from their... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 824 pages
...Rage — were they purple, bis heart had been proud! We thnt had loved him so, followed him, honored him, Lived in his mild and magnificent eye, Learned...clear accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die ! Shukcfpear was of us, Millón was for ue; Burns, Shelley, were with us, — they watched from their... | |
 | Christianity - 1851 - 534 pages
...We that had loved him so, follow'd him, honour'd him, Lived in his mild and magnificent eye, Learn'd his great language, caught his clear accents, Made...of us, Milton was for us, Burns, Shelley were with us,—they watch from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen, He alone sinks to... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - Conduct of life - 1860 - 296 pages
...afterwards it describes the party he had deserted. " We that had loved him so, followed him, honored him, Lived in his mild and magnificent eye, Learned...accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die." I cannot remember the rest accurately ; but the poem tells how they, the deserted, will go on doing... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags — were they purple, his heart had been proud ! We that had loved him so, followed him, honoured him,...clear accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die ! Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us, Burns, Shelley, were with us — they watch from their... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1863 - 660 pages
...were they purple — his heart had been proud 1 « We who had loved him so —honoured him —followed him — Lived in his mild and magnificent eye ; Learned...clear accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die ! • " ghakapeare was of us, Milton was for us — Bums, Shelley were with us ; they watch from their... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 436 pages
...were they purple, his heart had been proud 1 We that had loved him so, followed him, honoured him, Learned his great language, caught his clear accents, Made him our pattern to live and to die ! Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us, Burns, Shelley, were with us, — they watch from their... | |
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