But he, who has outlived his prosperous days — But he, whose youth fell on a different world From that on which his exiled age is thrown — Whose mind was fed on other food, was train'd By other rules than are in vogue to-day — Whose habit of thought... Poems. New and complete ed - Page 168by Matthew Arnold - 1885Full view - About this book
| 1865 - 820 pages
...other food, was trained By other rules than are in vogue to-day ; Whose habit of thought is fixed, who will not change, But in a world he loves not must...ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win no mastery over him ; Who has no friend, no fellow left,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1865 - 822 pages
...By other rules than are in vogue to-day ; Whose habit of thought is fixed, who will not change, Bnt in a world he loves not must subsist, In ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win no mastery over him; • Who has no friend, no fellow... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...on other food, was trained By other rules than are in vogue to-day, Whose habit of thought is fixed, who will not change, But in a world he loves not must...ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win no mastery over him; Who has no friend, no fellow left,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...which his exiled age is thrown— Whose mind was fed on other food, was train'd By other rules than are in vogue to-day— Whose habit of thought is fix'd,...friend, no fellow left, not one; Who has no minute's breathing-space allow'd To nurse his dwindling faculty of joy— Joy and the outward world must die... | |
| 1887 - 564 pages
...other food, was trained By other rules than are in vogue to-day — Whose habit of thought is iixed, who will not change, But, in a world he loves not, must subsist In ceaseless opposition " Well, it is a far cry to Etna ; but at least this superannuated philosopher can throw down " Apollo's... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 576 pages
...a world he loves not must subsist In ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win no mastery over...left, not one; Who has no minute's breathing space allowed To nurse his dwindling faculty of joy, — Joy and the outward world must die to him As they... | |
| Walter Bagehot, Richard Holt Hutton - 1891 - 574 pages
...other food, was trained By other rules than are in vogue to-day ; Whose habit of thought is fixed, who will not change, But in a world he loves not must...ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win no mastery over him ; Who has no friend, no fellow left,... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 546 pages
...other food, was trained By other rules than are in vogue to-day ; Whose habit of thought is fixed, who will not change, But, in a world he loves not,...ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win.no mastery over him ; Who has no friend, no fellow left,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1865 - 822 pages
...other food, was trained By other rules than are in vogue to-day ; Whose habit of thought is fixed, who will not change, But in a world he loves not must...ceaseless opposition, be the guard Of his own breast, fettered to what he guards, That the world win no mastery over him ; • Who has no friend, no fellow... | |
| Sir William Osler - 1909 - 368 pages
...of whom Matthew Arnold sings : Whose mind was fed on other food, was train'd By other rules than are in vogue to-day; Whose habit of thought is fix'd,...change, But, in a world he loves not, must subsist he did not approve of much that is unpleasant in our modern ways. In some of his last letters there... | |
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