 I've been tossed like the driven foam; But now, proud world ! I'm going home. Good-bye to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise grimace; To upstart Wealth's averted eye; To supple Office, low and high ; To crowded halls, to court and street...  OBITER DICTA - 241. oldalszerző: AUGUSTINE BIRRELL - 1891Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1885 - 906 oldal
...world, in the words of his own " Good-bye." " Good bye to Flattery's fawning face, To Grandeur with hiз wise grimace, To upstart Wealth's averted eye, To...who go and those who come, Good-bye, proud world, I'm going home, I'm going to my own hearth-stone Bosomed in yon green hills, alone, A fecret nook in... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 oldal
...Good -by to Flattery's5 fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise grimace ; To upstart Wealth's averted6 eye; To supple Office, low and high ; To crowded halls, to court and street; To frozen hearts7 and hasting feet; 1 George Herbert (1503-1032) : nu eminent English poet and divine. His verses... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1887 - 312 oldal
...here at home, where we are sorely pressed for room, it is certain he must be content with a sjnall allotment, where, however, he may for ever sit beneath...go and those who come, — Good-bye, proud world, I'm going home, I am going to my own hearth-stone Bosomed in yon green hills, alone, A secret nook... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 oldal
...ocean brine, Too long I am tossed like the driven foam ; But now, proud world, I'm going home. Good-by to flattery's fawning face ; To grandeur with his...hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. I go to seek my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills... | |
 | William T. Ross - 1887 - 362 oldal
...beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he were irretrievably ruined. Sydney Smith. 3. Good-by to Flattery's fawning face ; To Grandeur with his...hasting feet ; To those who go and those who come ; Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. Good~by. Emerson. STRESS. Stress always falls upon the accented... | |
 | Adam Gifford - 1889 - 304 oldal
...the ocean brine, Long I've been tossed like the driven foam; But now, proud world ! I'm going home. Goodbye to Flattery's fawning face ; To Grandeur with...hasting feet ; To those who go, and those who come ; Good bye, proud world! I'm going home. I am going to my own hearth stone, Bosomed in you green hills... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 oldal
...ocean brine, Too long I am tossed like the driven foam; But now, proud world, I'm going home. Good by to flattery's fawning face; To grandeur with his wise...hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good-by, proud world, I'm going home. I go to seek my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 oldal
...ocean brine, Too long I am tossed like the driven foam ; But now, proud world, I 'm going home. Good by to Flattery's fawning face ; To Grandeur with his...hasting feet, To those who go, and those who come, Good by, proud world, I 'm going home. I go to seek my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills... | |
 | Frank Preston Stearns - 1892 - 260 oldal
...profession which he felt unsuited to him. Every line of it is spirited, and the whole is a perfect gem. " Good-bye to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with...Wealth's averted eye; To supple Office, low and high. I am going to my own hearth-stone, Bosomed in yon green hills alone, — A secret nook in a pleasant... | |
 | James Harcourt West - 1894 - 124 oldal
...green hills alone." Thou art not my friend, O world, — but what of that ? I am thine ! " Good-by, to Flattery's fawning face; To Grandeur with his wise...court and street; To frozen hearts and hasting feet. " Oh, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I tread on the pride of Greece and Home ; And when I am stretched... | |
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