 NOT only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant of a world, and, conquering Fate, Enfranchise Europe, do I deem thee great; But that in all thy actions I do find Exact propriety; no gusts of mind Fitful and wild, but that continuous state Of ordered...  The Stowe Catalogue: Priced and Annotated - Page xliiby Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Henry Rumsey Forster - 1848 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Timbs - 1852 - 176 pages
...lines first. ppf*ared#«everal years since, in the Morning Post .- — "TO THE DUKE>OP.»WELEINGTON. "Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant...some benignant and enriching wind The breath ordained by Nature. " Thy calm mien Eecalls old Eome, as much as thy high deed ; Duty thine only idol, and serene... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...American Journal of Medical Sciences. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Not only that thy puissant arm conld bend The tyrant of a world, and conquering Fate, .Enfranchise...do I deem thee great ; But that in all thy actions do I find Exact propriety. No gusts of mind, Fitful and wild, but that continuous state Of ordered... | |
 | 1855 - 668 pages
...pourtrayal than this could scarcely be found of (when rightly estimated) almost unparalleled greatness: " Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The Tyrant...mind Fitful and wild, but that continuous state Of order' d impulse mariners await In some benignant and enriching wind, — The breath ordain' d of Nature.... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1879 - 488 pages
...preserved at Stowe. Their date is not given, but they were probably written . about this year:— " Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant...wind, — The breath ordained of Nature. Thy calm mien Recalls old Rome as much as thy high deed ; Duty thy only idol, and serene When all are troubled ;... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1879 - 492 pages
...preserved at Stowe. Their date is not given, but they were probably written about this year :— " Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant...ordered impulse mariners await, In some benignant nnd enriching wind, — The breath ordained of Nature. Thy calm mien Recalls old Rome as much as thy... | |
 | Cornelius Brown - 1881 - 440 pages
...the following lines — which were, by the way, first made public in Notes and Queries in 1855 :— Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant...mind Fitful and wild, but that continuous state Of order'd impulse mariners await In some benignant and enriching wind, — The breath ordain'd of Nature.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1881 - 408 pages
...reproach thy lot and what thou art,— A warrior's daughter and a statesman's wife. Book of Beauty, 1839. But that in all thy actions I do find Exact propriety...mariners await, In some benignant and enriching wind, The break ordained of nature. Thy calm mien Recalls old Rome as much as thy high deed ; Duty thy only idol,... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1881 - 674 pages
...preserved at Stowe. Their date is not given, but they were probably written about this year : — " Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant of a world and, conquering F;ite, Enfranchise Europe, do I deem thee great ; But that in all thy actions I do find Exact propriety... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - 384 pages
...Saw never yet embellished with more grace Outward and inward, with more charms allied, WELLINGTON. OT only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant of...wind,— The breath ordained of Nature. Thy calm mien Recalls old Rome, as much as thy high deed; Duty thine only idol, and serene When all are troubled;... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1883 - 648 pages
...truly—portrayed as it has been in this sonnet written by Benjamin D'Israeli, Earl of Beaconsneld : " Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant...wind— The breath ordained of Nature. Thy calm mien Recalls old Rome, as much as thy high deed ; Duty thine only idol, and serene When all are troubled;... | |
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