 He greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo! imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast — And, in the teeth of all the schools I — I shall save him at the last!  Tufts College Graduate - Page 731911Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Dixon - Socialism - 1909 - 448 pages
...greets the embarrassed gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. "Lo! imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable,...teeth of all the schools I — I shall save him at the lastl " The Colonel smiled. "How do you like the picture?" "Not bad for an Englishman, Norman. You... | |
 | Thomas Dixon (Jr.) - Socialism - 1909 - 354 pages
...the embarrassed gods, nor feats To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. " Lol imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast...teeth of all the schools I — I shall save him at the lastl " The Colonel smiled. "Not bad for an Englishman, Norman. You know we licked England twice "... | |
 | Arnold van Couthen Piccardt Huizinga - Pragmatism - 1911 - 72 pages
...bids him make the Law he flouts. He turns a keen untroubled face Home, to the instant need of things. Lo! imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable,...all the schools I — I shall save him at the last!" The American spirit is removed by whole diameters from the mood of the soliloquizing Hamlet, whose... | |
 | Lyman Abbott - United States - 1911 - 256 pages
...greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable,...all the schools, I — I shall save him at the last! Cartoon though it is, there is no better, because in this cartoon the contradictory characteristics... | |
 | Bliss Perry - American literature - 1912 - 272 pages
...thinking of American humor when he wrote in his well-known lines on "The American Spirit" : — "So imperturbable he rules Unkempt, disreputable, vast...all the schools I — I shall save him at the last." That is the very secret of the American sense of humor : the conviction that something is going to... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - 1915 - 372 pages
...greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable,...all the schools, I — I shall save him at the last! THE MARY GLOSTER (1894) I'VE paid for your sickest fancies; I've humoured your crackedest whim —... | |
 | Augustus White Long - American prose literature - 1917 - 458 pages
...embarrassed gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of fate, Or match with Destiny for beers. " So, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast,...the schools I — I, shall save him at the last." This verse, like much of Mr. Kipling's writing, has the charm of audacity, but it is hardly a happy... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - English poetry - 1919 - 806 pages
...greets the embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast— And, in the teeth of all the schools, I—I shall save him at the last! THE CHOICE 1917 The American Spirit speaks: With Whom fulfilment... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - English poetry - 1919 - 810 pages
...greets the embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast— And, in the teeth of all the schools, I—I shall save him at the last! THE CHOICE 1917 The American Spirit speaks: 'Let Freedom's Land rejoice!... | |
 | Book collecting - 1898 - 698 pages
...greets th' embarrassed gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. " Lo ! imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable,...all the schools I — I shall save him at the last." The American reader who wishes to be soothed with soft words of praise must not turn to Kipling. The... | |
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