 CREEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said! Vain thy onset! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still....  Wilson Carlile and the Church Army - Page 218by Edgar Rowan - 1905 - 487 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1894 - 668 pages
...Glenbank House, Belfast. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.— They out-talked thee, hiee'd tkee, tore thee 1 Better men fared thus before thee , Fired their ringing shot and pass'd Hotly charged—and sank at last. DB V. I'AVKN-l'AYNK. Gifts are the heads of mem'ry's rosary, Whereon ire... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 896 pages
...contemplated his discomfiture, Matthew Arnold's lines rose unbidden to my lips : They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee...shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last. It needed only the substitution of ' She ' for ' They,' to make the analogy perfect. In his conversation... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 884 pages
...discomfiture, Matthew Arnold's lines rose unbidden to my lips : They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thce, tore thee 1 Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing...shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last. It needed only the substitution of ' She ' for ' They,' to make the analogy perfect. In his conversation... | |
 | 1877 - 688 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will ; Thou art tired ; best be still. They out-talked thee, hissed thee. tore thee? Better...fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed; Hotly charged— and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors when... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. Better...fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the victors,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1868 - 264 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still! They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee. Better men fared thus before thee;...their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee! Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged—and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still ! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. Better...fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged, — and broke at hist. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors,... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1878 - 578 pages
...are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still. ' They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee ? Better...fared thus before thee ! Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. ' Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged—and sank at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumbl Let the victors, when they come, When... | |
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