 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1806 - 370 pages
...; Beneath whose sword Columbia's patriot train Cast off their monarch, that their mob might reign ! How shall we rank thee upon glory's page ? Thou more than soldier and just less than sage ! Too form'd for peace to act a conqueror's part, Too train'd in camps to learn a statesman's art,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...the pride of every model, and the perfection of every master. As a General, he marshalled the • i peasant into a veteran, and supplied by discipline...just less than sage ; All thou hast been reflects Jess fame on thee, Far less than all thou hast forborne to be ! Such, Sir, is the testimony of one... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...veteran, and supplied by discipline the absence of experience ; as a statesman, he enlarged the policv of the cabinet into the most comprehensive system...rank thee upon Glory's page, Thou more than soldier a«d just less than sage ; All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee, Far less than all thou bast... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...patriots. But the last glorious act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like WASHIKOTOS, after having emancipated an hemisphere, resigned its...retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he migh: be almost said to have created ! 9. How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Forensic orations - 1821 - 278 pages
...act crowns his career, and banishes all hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown and preferred the retirement...Thou more than soldier and just less than sage; All ihou hast been reflects less fame on thee, Far less than all thou hast forborne to be !" Such, Sir,... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...which does equal honour to the head and heart of its author. The meaour sweetest poets : — How »hall we rank thee upon glory's page ! Thou more than soldier! and just less than sage ! All that thou art reflects less fame on thee, Farias, than all thou hast furbonic to be. In order to estimate... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...Beneath whose sword Columbia's patriot train Cast off their monarch , that their mob might reign ! How shall we rank thee upon Glory's page ? Thou more than soldier and just less than sage • Too form'd for peace to act a conqueror's part, Too train'd in camps to learn a statesman's art,... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1825 - 234 pages
...all hesifc-tJtw, Who, like WASHINGTON, after having em mcipated an hemisphere, resigned its crtfwn, and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the...of a land he might be almost said to have created! 0. How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage? All thou... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 340 pages
...; Beneath whose sword Columbia's patriot train Cast off their monarch, that their mob might reign ! How shall we rank thee upon glory's page ! Thou more than soldier and just less than sage ! Too form'd for peace to act a conqueror's part. Too train'd in camps to learn a statesman's art,... | |
 | African Americans - 1826 - 238 pages
...after having emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred the retirement of domestick life to the adoration of a land he might be almost said to have created ! !). IIo\v shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier, and just less than sage?... | |
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Liberty unsheathed his sword, necessity stained, victory returned it. If he had paused here, history might have doubted what station to assign him, whether at the head of her citizens or her soldiers, 'her heroes or her patriots. But the last glorious... 
