"Laureled" Quotes from Famous Books
... else contrarious were these two: The one a man upon whose laureled brow Gray hairs were growing! glory ever new Shall circle him in after years as now; For spent detraction may not disavow The world of knowledge with the wit combined, The elastic force no burden e'er could bow, The various talents and the single ... — Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 • Various |