 A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew...  The Works of Walter Savage Landor - Page 62by Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 675 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - Fore-edge painting - 1881 - 528 pages
...sat, and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone. Majestie, though in ruin : sage ho stood With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1882 - 724 pages
...Allantida'. See ATLANTIC.«, 2. Atlantean (at-lan-te'an), a. 1. Pertaining to Atlas; resembling Atlas. Sage he stood. With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies. Milton. Ï. Pertaining to the island Atlantis, or to Bacon's ideal commonwealth of that name. Atlantes... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Statesmen - 1882 - 102 pages
...engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face did shine Majestic: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night, Or Summer's noontide air. Webster's vast power... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1882 - 1040 pages
...pillar of State : deep on hl» front engraven Deliberation, sat and pnbllo care. * * * • Sage be stood. With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; hi* look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air." Lying between the twentieth... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - Imaginary conversations - 1883 - 554 pages
...Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin : sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The...moral. However Atlantean his shoulders might be, the O ' weight of monarchies could no more be supported by them than by the shoulders of a grasshopper.... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - History - 1883 - 240 pages
...Deliberation sat and public care, And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin. Sage he stood, With atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies. His look Drew audience and attention still as night And summer's noontide air, while thus he spoke."... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin. Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look i l.'iji :i;.- (Ivxtera. — Horace, Oil. i. 2. 2. Drew audience and attention still as... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...Deliberation sat, and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin. Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air. 1219 Milton : Par.... | |
 | Samuel Andrews (M.A.) - English literature - 1884 - 312 pages
...Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin ; sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake.'... | |
 | John Milton - 1884 - 304 pages
...Deliberation sat and public care, And princely counsel in his face yet shone— Majestic though in ruin ! Sage he stood With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake... | |
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