 The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute, Whole in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time,...  Southern Historical Society Papers - Page 3571889Full view - About this book
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1895 - 456 pages
...in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest, yet with least pretence, Great in council...the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head ! which all men knew, O voice ! from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 862 pages
...in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council...war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 376 pages
...in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, 30 Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1908 - 796 pages
...in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council...war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Harry Gilbert Paul - English poetry - 1908 - 428 pages
...in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence. Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, 30 Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1908 - 340 pages
...in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, 30 Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his... | |
 | Charles Forster Smith - Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901 - 1909 - 496 pages
.... man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest, yet with least pretense, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain...saving common sense, And, as the greatest only are, In liis simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men... | |
 | Ohio - 1909 - 646 pages
...inspiration. From the furrows of the field he rose to pre-eminence. Our greatest, yet with least pretense, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain...time, Rich in saving common sense, And as the greatest always are, In his simplicity sublime. EDITORIALANA. VOL. XVUI. No. 3. CRo-^doJLL JULY, 1909. WASHINGTON'S... | |
 | Ohio - 1909 - 634 pages
...inspiration. From the furrows of the field he rose to pre-eminence. Our greatest, yet with least pretense, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain...time. Rich in saving common sense, And as the greatest always are, In his simplicity sublime. EDITORIALANA. VOL. XVIII. No. 3. ti{o^.doM^ JULY, 1909. WASHINGTON'S... | |
 | Henry Lewis - Christian life - 1909 - 168 pages
...Tennyson's4 thrilling testimony and moving appeal in connection with the work done by Wellington. " Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, 1 Op. ix. 460. * Bishop Lightfoot in A Fresh Revision of the English New Testament, p. 10. 1 The Excursion,... | |
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