...literature— he could not be idle — cheered by the occasional visits of those whose friendship he valued. " I brought the wise and brave of ancient days To cheer the cell where Ralegh pined alone." The history of the book, the question of its divided authorship, its attempted...

...ages, and I cannot better conclude than by reading them — " In the dark hour of shame, I designed to stand Before the frowning peers at Bacon's side...and brave of ancient days To cheer the cell where Raleigh pined alone ; I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard th'...

...I wear, Brightest and greenest then, when every tree That blossoms in the light of Time is bare. " In the dark hour of shame, I deigned to stand Before...and brave of ancient days To cheer the cell where Raleigh pined alone : I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard the...

...ignoble sire, to what have I not raised him 1 " In the dark hour of shame, I deigned to stand Amid the frowning peers at Bacon's side ; On a far shore...Through months of pain, the sleepless bed of Hyde. " Behold -¿Esehines, the son of a tambourine girl, ' yet through me, courted by Philip ! Even Socrates...

...I wear, Brightest and greenest then, when every tree That blossoms in the light of Time is bare. " In the dark hour of shame, I deigned to stand Before...and brave of ancient days To cheer the cell where Raleigh pined alone ; I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard the...

...all ages, and I cannot better conclude than by reading them : In the dark hour of shame, I designed to stand Before the frowning peers at Bacon's side;...and brave of ancient days To cheer the cell where Raleigh pined alone ; I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard th'...

...I wear, Brightest and greenest then, when every tree That blossoms in the light of time is bare. " In the dark hour of shame, I deigned to stand Before...and brave of ancient days To cheer the cell where Raleigh pined alone ; I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard the...

...and greenest then, when every tree That blossoms in the light of Time is bare. " In the dark hours of shame I deigned to stand Before the frowning peers at Bacon's tide ; On a far shore I smoothed with tender hand, Through months of pain, the sleepless bed of Hyde....

...I wear, Brightest and greenest then, when every tree That blossoms in the light of time is bare. " In the dark hour of shame, I deigned to stand Before...and brave of ancient days To cheer. the cell where Raleigh pined alone ; I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze Of the bright ranks that guard the...

...who during disgrace and imprisonment alike found real relief in the gifts of her peculiar power : " In the dark hour of shame I deigned to stand, Before the frowning peers at Bacon's side." From these words Macaulay may have had in his mind "The Advancement of Learning," "The Wisdom of the...