He who ascends to mountain tops shall find
The loftiest peaks most wrapp'd in clouds and snow;
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
612
BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iii., St. 45.


=Empire.=

Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd,
Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
613
GRAY: _Elegy,_ St. 12.


=End.=

Life's but a means unto an end; that end
Beginning, mean, and end to all things,--God.
614
BAILEY: _Festus,_ Sc. _A Country Town._


=Endurance.=

'Tis not now who's stout and bold?
But who bears hunger best, and cold?
And he's approv'd the most deserving,
Who longest can hold out at starving.