 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
 | Amanda Gilroy - Art - 2004 - 224 pages
...debacle. In his poem 'On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America', he writes: Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way; The four first Acts...Drama with the Day; Time's noblest offspring is the last.12 But when he wrote this, in 1752, George Berkeley had been Bishop of Cloyne for more than twenty... | |
 | California - 2004 - 299 pages
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 | Devorah Knaff - Literary Collections - 2004 - 340 pages
...that his well-known vision may be true: "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." 6 The epoch in which we build. A single word in conclusion. The possible relations of this university... | |
 | Andrew Valls - Philosophy - 2005 - 306 pages
...fresh 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...past. A fifth shall close the Drama with the Day, The World's great Effort is the last. (W, 7:370) Berkeley saw himself as playing a role in the development... | |
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