 Mourn for the man of long-enduring blood, 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...  Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the ... - Page 68by United States. 88th Cong., 2d sess., 1964 - 1964 - 245 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, ODE ON THE DEATH OF WELLINGTON: voice from which their omens all men drew, iron nerve to true occasion... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1872 - 304 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...pretense, — Great in council and great in 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 men knew ! O voice from which their omens all men drew 1 O iron nerve to true occasion true ! Oh, fallen at... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fallen at length... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874 - 200 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 240 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fallen at length... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...greatest, yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fallen at length... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, 0 voice from wich their omensall men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O i';il I'., at length... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1877 - 494 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Ji'irli in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, 0 voice from which their omens all men drew, 0 iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1878 - 194 pages
...greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest...simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fall'n at length... | |
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