 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. They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee?  The Foundations of a National Drama - Page 87by Henry Arthur Jones - 1913 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1894 - 284 pages
...soul in moments of despair and failure. How different is the following, from " The Last Word " : — 1 Charge once more then and be dumb. Let the victors,...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall." Jut it is in the " Sonnet Sermons," as they might be appropriately called, that we have... | |
 | 1877 - 688 pages
...Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed; Hotly charged— and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let...come, When the forts of Folly fall. Find thy body by the wall.' And what shall we say of Erasmus in conclusion ? Shall we point out that, whether he... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...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...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall! A NAMELESS EPITAPH. A SK not my name, O friend! That Being only, which hath known each... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged, — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall. EGBERT LORD LYTTON. THE ARTIST. 0 ARTIST, range not over- wide: Lest what thou seek be... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...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,...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall. ROBERT LORD LYTTOX. THE ARTIST. 0 ARTIST, range not over-wide: Lest what thou seek be... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1878 - 578 pages
...Better men fared thus before thee ! Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. ' Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall.' In Clough's poem the individual, far from being the centre, is depicted as the only hindrance... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged,— and broke at last. Charge once more, then, aml be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall. EGBERT LORD LYTTON. THE ARTIST. O ARTIST, range not over-wide: Lest what thou seek be... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...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 the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall ! A NAMELESS EPITAPH. ASK not my name, O friend! That Being only, which hath known each... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 340 pages
...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,...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall! THE LORD'S MESSENGERS. ""PHUS saith the Lord to his own : — " See ye the trouble below... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still. They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore theet Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing...come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall ! MATTHEW ARNOLD. plurc ujljcre iUun stjoulb {Die. How little recks it where men die. When... | |
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