 The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught. with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.  The English Historical Review - Pàgina 122editat per - 1900Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 480 pàgines
...finished his x- recitation, he added in a tone still guardedly low, but earnest 1759. and emphatic, — " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec :" 1 — perhaps the noblest tribute ever paid by arms to letters, since the time when the poetry of... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1836 - 228 pàgines
...looked around him, and, seeing the effect it had made, he said, in a still more suppressed tone, ' Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec.' What a tribute to poetical genius ! — for it too often happens that the mere soldier has no sympathy... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 486 pàgines
...finished his X- recitation, he added in a tone still guardedly low, but earnest 1759. and emphatic, — " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec :" 1 — perhaps the noblest tribute ever paid by arms to letters, since the time when the poetry of... | |
 | Henry Cook Todd - 1840 - 300 pàgines
...barge, the whole of Giay's Elegy in a Country Church Yard, then just published ; and upon conclusion, added, " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than even to take Quebec." A greater tribute from arms to letters, considering the position in which this... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1844 - 608 pàgines
...low voice to the other officers in his boat those beautiful stanzas with which a Country Church Yard inspired the muse of Gray. One noble line, — " The...rather " be the author of that poem than take Quebec!"* On reaching the northern bank at the spot designed, — and Wolfe was amongst the first to leap on... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pàgines
...low voice to the other officers in his boat those beautiful stanzas with which a Country Church Yard inspired the muse of Gray. One noble line, — " The...rather " be the author of that poem than take Quebec!"* On reaching the northern bank at the spot designed, — and Wolfe was amongst the first to leap on... | |
 | George Warburton - 1849 - 528 pàgines
...United States, vol. iv., p. 51. Church-yard;" and as he concluded the beautiful Sept. verses, said, " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec ! " But while Wolfe thus, in the poet's words, gave vent to the intensity of his feelings, his eye... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 734 pàgines
...Yard," in which occurs the prophetic line above quoted: and at the conclusion of it, he remarked: — " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem, than take Quebec." What a noble tribute for a Warrior to render a Poet wavering in their adherence to the English, and... | |
 | George Warburton - 1850 - 376 pàgines
...his side, " Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard;" and as he concluded the beautiful verses, said, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec !" But while Wolfe thus, in the poet's words, gave vent to the intensity of his feelings, his eye was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pàgines
...hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave." "Now, gentlemen," said he, when he had finished, " I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec." The descent was made in flat-bottomed boats, past midnight, on the 13th of September. They dropped... | |
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