| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 páginas
...reference to this that the great bard of England composed the following lines : — TO OLIVER CROMWELL. Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but distractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, Tp peace and truth thy glorious way hast... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 704 páginas
...land. XI. — TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL. CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud^. SOJJNETS. Not of war only, but detractions rude, •*" Guided by faith and matchless fortitude. To peaceand truth thygloriouswayhastplough'd, And on the neck of crowned Fortune proua [ed; "" Hast rear'd... | |
| Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 páginas
...position and the calumnies to which it exposed him, were truthfully described by Mikon : " Cromwell oar chief of men who through a cloud Not of war only but of detractions rude Guided by faith and matchless fortitude. To peace and truth thy glorious way hast... | |
| Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 346 páginas
...Milton, of the Puritan hero, " Great things, O Islands, we expect of you ! Firm, faithful men of God, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions...faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth your glorious way have ploughed, And on the ground of Pagan temples proud Have reared God's trophies,... | |
| Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 páginas
...walls from ruin bare." The second is addressed to the Lord General Cromwell, and is as follows :— " Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud, Not of war only, hut detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 344 páginas
...vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapine share the land. XVI. TO THE LOBD GENEKAL CROMWELL* CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not...detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, T& y&s& mk tofe &5 %lQKi<m my kaat plough'd, And on the neck of crowned fortune proud 5 8 their] So... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 páginas
...deserve higher praise. That to Cromwell is a proof how completely oui poet maintained the erectncss of his understanding and spirit in his intercourse with men in power. It is such a compliment as a ixicl might pay to a conqueror and head of the state, without the, possibility of self- degradation.... | |
| Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1196 páginas
...there. CHAPTER XXI. THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, AND SOME OF THE OTHER IRISH LIBRARIES. CROMWELL our Chief of Men, who through a cloud, Not...matchless Fortitude, To Peace and Truth thy glorious wny hast plough'd; And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud Hut rear'd God's trophies, and his work... | |
| Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1206 páginas
...there. CHAPTER XXI. THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY CQLLEGE, DUBLIN, AND SOME OF THE OTHER IRISH LIBRARIES. CROMWELL our Chief of Men, who through a cloud, Not of War only, but Detractions rude. Guided by Faiili and matchless Fortitude, To Peace and Truth thy glorious way hast plough'd; And on the neck... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1861 - 816 páginas
...du Ciel ; il avoit admis Cromwell comme lieutenant général de Dieu, protecteur de la république. Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but distractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious vvay hast... | |
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