Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last. Poems - Page 294by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frank Trommler, Elliott Shore - History - 2001 - 372 pages
...The poem "On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America" begins as follows: Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts...with the day: Time's noblest offspring is the last. Berkeley, a proper patriot, was referring to the British in America as time's noblest offspring. Friedrich... | |
| Gamal Morsi - American Dream - 2001 - 310 pages
...and young, When heavenly Flame did animate her Clay, By future Poets shall be sung. / Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way; The four first Acts...with the Day; Time's noblest Offspring is the last.« 454 "Brief von Benjamin Franklin an Charles Wilson Peale, 4. July 1771", zitiert nach: P. Freese (ed.),... | |
| Ronald Reagan - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 580 pages
...lured no doubt by the simplicity & romantic adventure of frontier life and exploration. "Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts...past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Times noblest offspring is the last. From Henry Brooke's "Universal Beauty," we have such titles as... | |
| Gabriel R. Ricci, Paul Edward Gottfried - Religion - 116 pages
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last* During the Revolution, "A Poem on the Rising Glory of America," written by two Princeton seniors, Hugh... | |
| Ian Carter - Art - 2001 - 362 pages
...Arts and Learning in America ( 1 683): Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. Stevenson makes his Spenglerian point through colour, comparing mornings at home and abroad. There... | |
| Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 776 pages
...Locke, 32 while George Berkeley declared, Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. 33 America came to be identified with the future - the French-born author J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur... | |
| Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 772 pages
...Locke,32 while George Berkeley declared, Westward the course of empire takes its way; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last.33 America came to be identified with the future - the French-born author J. Hector St John de... | |
| William A. Shutkin - Science - 2001 - 300 pages
...of Planting Arts and Learning in America: Westward the course of empire takes its way the first four acts already past A fifth shall close the drama with the day Time's noblest offspring is the last.2 The sheer size of the Rocky Mountain states has afforded the unique opportunity to live close... | |
| S. Morris Engel - Philosophy - 2001 - 442 pages
...almost messianic vision of this new land. The poem concluded with the following stanza: Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way, The four first Acts already past. A fifth shall dose the Drama with the Day, The world 's great Effort is the last. Because of a navigation error,... | |
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