 | 1887 - Počet stránok 1332
...denieth God. 2. He who swears is a liar. Ital. Fame. 1. A good fame is better than a good face. 2. Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar. Eeattie. 3. All fame is dangerous, good bringeth envy, bad, shame. 4. And what is fame ? The meanest... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - Počet stránok 698
...to which his heart lay. many another humble genius before and since, he soon by a bitter experience how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar, and discovered in after life that only when he had entered & " dark valley " would he in any sense... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - Počet stránok 726
...heart lay. Like many another humble genius before and since, he soon learned by a bitter experience how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar, and discovered in after life that only when he had entered the " dark valley " would he in any sense... | |
 | 1893 - Počet stránok 970
...fully than he the truth of the lines, written by another Scottish poet, now almost forgotten — " Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where...afar ! Ah, who can tell how many a soul sublime Has waged with Fortune an eternal war !" Fortune, indeed, in a worldly sense, never smiled upon Hogg, notwithstanding... | |
 | Herbert Probert - 1889 - Počet stránok 252
...however, without the addition of a load. As we struggled upward, I thought of Beattie's lines : "Ah, who can tell, how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar." I thought of Bunyan's "Hill Difficulty"; I thought of Longfellow's "Excelsior." Our objective point,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, Frederick James Rowe, William Trego Webb - 1890 - Počet stránok 182
...perill and with paine. " Compare also Milton's Lycidas, 72, and Beattie, Minstrel, i. 1 : — " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? " 215. shall find ... sun. The man that ever strives to obey the voice of duty will attain the Divine... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, Frederick James Rowe, William Trego Webb - 1890 - Počet stránok 178
...perill and with paine." Compare also Milton's Lycidas, 72, and Beattie, Minstrel, i. 1 : — " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? " 215. shall find ... sun. The man that ever strives to obey the voice of duty will attain the Divine... | |
 | United States. 52d Cong., 2d sess., 1892-1893 - 1893 - Počet stránok 152
...were times when despair seized his soul and hope seemed dead. Alas ! how great was the struggle. For who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afart Ah ! who cati tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star And waged... | |
 | Chester Harding - 1890 - Počet stránok 292
...mere mechanical drudgery. " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climh The steep where Fame's prond temple shines afar ? Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Hath felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with fortune an eternal war ; Checked by the scoff... | |
 | 1891 - Počet stránok 556
...and who despises fame Will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. Mallet. DIFFICULTIES OP. Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar? James Beattie. END OF. What is the end of fame? 'Tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper.... | |
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I who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar... 
