 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 446 Seiten
...and never love thee more. ' Like Alexander I will reign, and I will reign alone ; My thoughts shall evermore disdain a rival on my throne ; He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small, That puts it not unto the touch to win or lose it all. I think thy virtues be too strong to suffer... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1849 - 338 Seiten
...heart, I '11 never love thee more. "Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My heart shall evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all ! " But if thou wilt be constant then, And faithful... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 332 Seiten
...I '11 never love thee more. " Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My heart shall evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all ! " But if thou wilt be constant then, And faithful... | |
 | England - 1850 - 456 Seiten
...more. Like Alexander, I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My soul did evermore disdain A rival in my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his...deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. Then in the empire of thy heart, Where I alone would be, If others should pretend... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...honour more." And he also says, alluding to both love and war — " As Alexander I will reign, And 1 will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain...A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too mueh, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the toueh, To gain or lose it all." So might... | |
 | Confessor - 1851 - 304 Seiten
...have unravelled the mystery of the foregoing narrative, remained unrecorded. CHAPTER II. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small : Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all ! JAMBS, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. SINCE the events recorded in our fourteenth chapter,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 478 Seiten
...sentiment of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war, " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." To the particulars explanatory of the plan of these Chronicles, which the reader... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 Seiten
...heart, I'll never love thee more. Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone; My thoughts shall evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert's too small, That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all. But I must rule and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 578 Seiten
...sentiment of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war, " He either fenrs his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all."' To the particulars explanatory of the plan of these Chronicles, which the reader... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 Seiten
...with impunity." I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose — " He cither fears his fate too much. Or his deserts are small, Who dares not pnt it to the touch To gain or lose it all." 1 The lady with whom Sir Walter Scott held this conversation,... | |
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I'll never love thee more. Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne : He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch To win or lose it... 
