 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 strani
...spirit lahours. There he lights, And there ohtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never-withering wreaths ; compared with which The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds. Perhaps the self-approving haughty world, That as she sweeps him with her whistling silks Scarce deigns... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 strani
...unfatigued His fervent spirit labours. There he fights, And there obtains fresh trinmphs o'er himself, And never- withering wreaths ; compared with which The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds. Perhaps the self-approving haughty world, That as she sweeps him with her whistling silks Scarce deigns... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 strani
...spirit labours. There he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never-withering wreaths ; compared with which The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds. Perhaps the self-approving haughty world, That as she sweeps him with her whistling silks Scarce deigns... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 strani
...unfatigued His fervent spirit labours. There he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never withering wreaths compared with which The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds. Perhaps the self-approving, haughty world. That as she sweeps him with her whistling silks Scarce deigns... | |
 | Thomas Wood - 1825 - 440 strani
...spirit labours ; there he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never-withering wreaths ; compared with which The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds." COWPER. Ministers have also to cultivate the vineyard of the Lord, watching over the trees of righteousness... | |
 | 1828 - 632 strani
...him. " There," in the words of the poet, who was himself an example of the conflict he describes,— " There unfatigued, His fervent spirit labors. There he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never withering wreaths, compared with which The laurels, that a Caesar... | |
 | Charles Burroughs - 1829 - 212 strani
...unfatigued His fervent spirit labours ; there he fights And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never withering wreaths, compared with which, The laurels, that a Caesar reaps, are weeds. He sits secure, and in the vale of life Holds no ignoble, though a slighted place. Task Book VI. Many... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 96 strani
...unfatigued His fervent spirit labors. There he rights, And there obtains fresli triumphs o'er himself, And never withering wreaths, compared with which, The laurels, that a Caesar leaps, are weeds. That, as she sweeps him with her whistling silks, Perhaps the self-approving haughty... | |
 | Alonzo Hill - 1831 - 584 strani
...labors, and so much in the intellectual and spiritual world, that his truest success and best achievments can be but partially known. Like the good man always,...spirit labors. There he fights And there obtains fresh trinmph o'er the world, And never withering wreaths, compared with which The laurels that a Cffisar... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 strani
...spirit labours. There he fights, And there obtains fresh triumphs o'er himself, And never-withering wreaths, compared with which The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds. Perhaps the self-approving haughty world, That as she sweeps him with her whistling silks Scarce deigns... | |
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... longest on the wing. Ask him, indeed, what trophies he has raised, Or what achievements of immortal fame He purposes, and he shall answer — None. His warfare is within. There unfatigued His fervent spirit labours. There he fights, And there obtains... 
