 | John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 310 pagina’s
...liberty-loving men did for this "foremost land of all the world," when ruled by him of whom Milton wrote : — " Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but distractions rude, Guided by faith, and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pagina’s
...In vain doth valour bleed, While Avarice and Rapine share the land. TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL.* CROMWELL, our chief of men who through a cloud Not of war only, buPdetractions rude, Guided by fnith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast... | |
 | 1863 - 858 pagina’s
...respecting him : "Cromwell, our chief of men, who through ft cloud, Not of war only, but distractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plow'd, And fought God's battles and his work pursued." While Secretary he not only performed most... | |
 | John Milton - 1863 - 548 pagina’s
...peace and truth thy glorious was hast plough'd , And on thé neck of crowned fortune proud Hast rear'd God's trophies, and his work pursued, While Darwen stream with blood of Scots imbrued r And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud , And Worcester's lauréat wreath. Yct much remains To... | |
 | English history - 1864 - 118 pagina’s
...wreath,' and we were forced to yield — * See Milton's fine Sonnet, ' To the Lord General Cromwell.' " Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not...ploughed, And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud Hast reared God's trophies, and His work pursued ; While Oarwen stream with blood of Scots imbrued... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pagina’s
...fraud. In vain doth Valour bleed, While Avarice and Rapine share the land. TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL. CROMWELL! our chief of men, who through a cloud Not...ploughed, And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud Hast reared God's trophies, and his work pursued ; While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots imbrued,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt - 690 pagina’s
...of Godiva ? " Dear Hunt, these are only part of your glories. Your life is yet more glorious. You, ' Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed.' " God bless you for ever for all the great good you have done your fellow-creatures." The literary... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 pagina’s
...each as silent as a man being shaved. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI To the Lord General Cromwell May 1652 Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not...ploughed, And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud Hast reared God's trophies, and his work pursued, While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots imbrued,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pagina’s
...Dunbar and Worcester. Milton praised these victories, much as he had praised those of Fairfax before: Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not...fortitude To Peace and Truth thy glorious way hast plowed, And on the neck of crowned fortune proud Hast reared God's trophies and His work pursued, While... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 2001 - 176 pagina’s
...sometimes war became the path to achieve peace, as the Cromwell sonnet asserts: "Not of warr onely, but detractions rude,/ Guided by faith and matchless...Fortitude/ To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd." The points are iterated in the Vane sonnet: Vane knows "how warr may best, upheld,/ Move... | |
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CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed... 
