 Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all ; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met...  The Williams Quarterly - Page 1201857Full view - About this book
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1861 - 314 pages
...the immortals. Mournfully he may exclaim, as he reviews his diminished prestige and fading power, " Much have I seen and known ; cities of men, And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honoured of them all, And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...That loved me, and alone ; on shore, and when Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades— • Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming...men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honored of them all ; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 468 pages
...with those That loved me, and alone ; on shore, and when Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming...men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honored of them all ; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing... | |
 | 1863 - 326 pages
...those That loved me, and alone ; on shore, and when Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vexed the dim sea ; I am become a name; For, always roaming...men, And manners, climates, councils, governments ; Myself not least, but honored of them all ; And drunk delight of glory with my peers, Far on the... | |
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton, William Ewart Gladstone - 1863 - 224 pages
...those • That loved me, and alone ; on shore and when Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming...men, And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all ; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the... | |
 | 1863 - 224 pages
...with those That loved me, and alone ; on shore and when Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming...men, And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all ; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...with those that loved me, and alone; on shore, and when thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; for always roaming...men and manners, climates, councils, governments, myself not least, but honour'd of them all ; and drunk delight of battle with my peers, far on the... | |
 | John Watts - 1865 - 206 pages
...new branches of natural science." Humboldt was well entitled to say, in the words of Tennyson — " I am become a name; For, always roaming with a hungry...men, And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honoured of them all." Humboldt's mind was so admirably balanced — his development... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 pages
...that all the princes and potentates of the earth have hia permission to go to dinner." — COLTON. " Much have I seen and known : cities of men, And manners, climates, councils, governments. I am a part of all that I have met ; Yet all experience is an arch where thro' Gleams the untravelled... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...with those That loved me, and alone ; on shore, and when Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming...men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all ; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the... | |
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