 Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will, And bear it with an honest heart, Who misses or who wins the prize. — Go, lose or conquer as you can ; But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each,...  Social and Political Morality - Page 74by William Lovett - 1853 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | India - 1862 - 394 pages
...be bent, And whitened with the winter snow. Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will,...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman. An article on Thackeray without a comparison with Dickens, would to many look like the play of Hamlet,... | |
 | 1863 - 804 pages
...have seen a man in the very flower of his manhood, wealthy, in' loved and lost,1 calmly and steadily ' Bow before the Awful Will And bear it with an honest heart.' Can you imagine how I love and respect this man, who carried a 'beauty in hi» daily life,' so brave,... | |
 | Literature - 1853 - 842 pages
...want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will, And hear it with an honest heart. Who misses, or who wins the prize Î Go, lose or conquer as you can : But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...be bent, And whitened with the winter snow. Come wealth or want, come cood or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will,...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman. A gentleman, or old or young ! (Bear kindly with my humble lays) — The sacred chorus first was sung... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 116 pages
...be bent, And whitened with the winter-snow. Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will,...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman, \f A gentleman, or old or young ! (Bear kindly with my humble lays) ; The sacred chorus first was sung... | |
 | 1853 - 800 pages
...want, come good or ill. Let young and old accept their pan, And bow before the Awful Will, And hear it with an honest heart. Who misses, or who wins the...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman, A gentleman, or old or young! (Bear kindly with my humble lays) ; The sacred chorus first was sung... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1854 - 300 pages
...FROM THE MSB. OF C. EFFINGHAM, ESQ. :-.'' Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young und old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will, And bear it with an honert heart. Who musei or who win* the prixe t Go, IOM or conquer, as yon can' But if you fall, or... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1855 - 526 pages
...be bent, And whitened with the winter snow. Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will,...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman. A gentleman, or old or young ! (Bear kindly with my humble lays) ; The sacred chorus first was sung... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1856 - 260 pages
...be bent, And whitened with the winter snow. Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will,...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman. A gentleman, or old or young ! (Bear kindly with my humble lays ;) The sacred chorus first was sung... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1856 - 516 pages
...be bent, And whitened with the winter snow. Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will;...fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman." His fatalism is connected with a strong sense of the powerlessness of the human will. He is a profound... | |
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