 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Biography - 1857 - 492 pages
...of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rnge, The wisest heads and noblest hearts ; Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she...did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall end the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...and of arts, — The good and great inspiring epjc.EI rage, — The wisest heads and noblest hearts ! Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; — Such as...animate her clay, — By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way: The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close... | |
 | 1857 - 656 pages
...of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she...did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1868 - 366 pages
...empire and of arts ; The great and good inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts ; Not such as Europe breeds in her decay, — Such as...animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung." But the condition of the country, at the period of which I am speaking, was not merely negative ; it... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1821 - 422 pages
...empires and of arts, The good and great, inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay, Such as she...did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acfs already past, A fifth shall close... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad - Biography & Autobiography - 1959 - 248 pages
...republic, a Christian Sparta (to use Sam Adams's words), a nation (to use George Berkeley's words) "Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; / Such as she bred when fresh and young." Fifty years before the Declaration signed in Philadelphia, Berkeley had written of a "better Time"... | |
 | Elizabeth S. Hayes - Cooking - 1980 - 280 pages
...of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she...did animate her clay By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close... | |
 | Ernest Lee Tuveson - History - 1980 - 252 pages
...of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she...did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. In these first five stanzas there is no hint of apocalyptic ideas. Berkeley is simply restating the... | |
 | David Lowenthal - History - 1985 - 522 pages
...degeneracy at the time of the South Sea Bubble, Bishop George Berkeley celebrated New World virtues: Not such as Europe breeds in her decay Such as she bred when fresh and young * * * Westward the course of Empire takes its way The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada - Humanities - 1883 - 792 pages
...of empire and of arts ; The good and groat inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay : Such as she...flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall lie sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall... | |
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There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts; The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay; Such as she bred when fresh and young-. When heavenly flame did... 
