 | William Gilmore Simms - 1853 - 370 ページ
...It gives him gleams of heavenly things, But weeps o'er that it cannot give ! THE DECAY OF A PEOPLE. THIS the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay ; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away ;— For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest ; — all... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 ページ
...sky, Look they not ever brightest, as they fly From the lone sphere they blest ! THE DECAY OF A PEOPLE THIS the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away ; — For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest; — all... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 ページ
...Look they not ever brightest, as they fly From the lone sphere they blest ! THE DECAY OF A PEOPLE Tins the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away ; — For tlie first secret of continued power Is tho continued conquest; —... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1901 - 964 ページ
...sky, Look they not ever brightest, as they fly From the lone sphere they blest ! THE DECAY OF A PEOPLE THIS the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away ; — For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest; — all... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 252 ページ
...following lines, which represent his style at its best, bear a lesson for the American people to-day: — " This the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away ; — For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest; — all... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 600 ページ
...rather than by fine poetic quality. The following lines are not without a lesson for to-day : — " This the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay ; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away; — For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest ; — all... | |
 | Carl Holliday - 1906 - 414 ページ
...reached by Simms. True, he at times utters thoughts not unworthy of the great masters, as when he says, "This the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away; — For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest ; — all... | |
 | 1909 - 484 ページ
...success or failure in it that your record will be made and your rank given you. And you must remember, "This the true sign of ruin to a race, It undertakes...day by day Drowses in camp, or with the laggard's place Walks sentry o'er possessions that decay Destined with senseless waste to fleet away. For the... | |
 | Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle - 1923 - 448 ページ
...Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), born in Charleston where he had his home, is best known for his Atlantis : This the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes...laggard's pace Walks sentry o'er possessions that decay ; Edward Coate Pinkney (1802-1828) wrote with a delightful touch. Quoting from his gracious A Health... | |
 | Harry Hascall Moore - 1923 - 624 ページ
...prevent more crime than any law. MUNSTERBERG. This the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes to march, and day by day Drowses in camp, or, with the...o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away; — For the first secret of continued power Is the continued conquest; — all... | |
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THIS the true sign of ruin to a race — It undertakes no march, and day by day Drowses in camp, or, with the laggard's pace, Walks sentry o'er possessions that decay; Destined, with sensible waste, to fleet away ; — For the first secret of continued... 
