 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1859 - 740 דפים
...enhance, To waste so inucli gold for- a little dross, As hath been done, mere conquest to advance. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than...gore. " And why ? because it brings self-approbation j Whereas the other, after nil its glare, Shouts, bridges, arches, pensions from a nation — Which... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 דפים
...wings of fear, or grow love-mad, Yet sinks at last to earth, and dreams in quiet. BARRY CORNWALL. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. THE PROCESSION OF THE SEA DEITIES. - A fine passage in Mr. KINQSLEY'S recently published poem Andromeda.... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1859 - 752 דפים
...self-approbation ; Which (it may b«) has not much left to spare— A higher title, or a loftier station, Whereas the other, after all its glare, Shouts, bridges, arches, pensions from a nation— Though they may make Corruption gape or etare, Yet, in the end, except in Freedom's battles, Are nothing... | |
 | 1859 - 802 דפים
...the laurel wreath of victory shall have faded on the brow of the victorious warrior. " The drying of a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore." The soldier, " seeking the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth," fought because the world looked... | |
 | 1861 - 356 דפים
..."ATLANTIU MONTHLY." Kindness by secret sympathy is tied, For noble souls in nature are allied. DRYDEN. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. BYRON. Who will not give Some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, For others' good, is a poor,... | |
 | Richard Ray (of Milton.) - 1861 - 190 דפים
...hand would almost involuntarily minister the required relief; and he felt that, — " The drying np a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore." Few, indeed, must have been the instances in which the applicant was not more or less successful with... | |
 | 1861 - 402 דפים
...retired acts, we have the most complete demonstration of the greatness of his spirit. " The drying of a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." " We make a great mistake when we confine deeds of eminence to public scenes and magnificent occasions.... | |
 | Wybert Reeve - 1862 - 224 דפים
...broth, doubtless, was acceptable, but why make charity the vehicle for display ? Byron says : — " The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." A beautiful sentiment, expressed in a beautiful couplet ; but let the tear be dried in secret. Then... | |
 | Edward Wilmot Blyden - 1862 - 186 דפים
...retired acts, we have the most complete demonstration of the greatness of his spirit. " The drying of a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." We make a great mistake when we confine deeds of eminence to public scenes and magnificent occasions.... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 דפים
...while one who serves from fear shows himself as an enemy. Frederika Bremer. KINDNESS— Fame of. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding tears of gore. £ynm. KINDNESS— of the Heart. A willing heart adds feather to the heel, And makes... | |
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The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. 
