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My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.
My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person
whatever he says has an read more
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person
whatever he says has an enhanced value.
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one.
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one.
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled;
The flame that lit read more
The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck,
Shone round him o'er the dead.
. . . .
The flames roll'd on--he would not go
Without his Father's word;
That father, faint in death below,
His voice no longer heard.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among Mankind.
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among Mankind.
