Careful Words

triumph (n.)

triumph (v.)

Hail to the chief who in triumph advances!

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): Lady of the Lake. Canto ii. Stanza 19.

Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing,

Hope, and comfort from above;

Let us each, thy peace possessing,

Triumph in redeeming love.

Robert Hawker (1753-1827): Benediction.

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet

And master and make crouch beneath his foot,

And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Robert Browning (1812-1890): The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1185.

Say, shall my little bark attendant sail,

Pursue the triumph and partake the gale?

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 385.