To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep... The Poetical Works - Page 213by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1886 - 650 pages
...class, but his mode of treatment is a matter which concerns all who would teach or who would learn " High thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. " He represents a class whose lowest ranks are indeed impossible, but from whose upper ranks, the best... | |
| 1876 - 818 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, N' it only to keep Jown the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." ' But the fair design of Arthur in the institution of this order of knighthood was doomed to disappointment.... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. 21 IDEM GREECE REDDITCM. Oáprrtt. у- афрактос OVK «rti ¿ûvTOï yt/M»vKin'rni. (coYoïSa... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 304 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing "lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing in my joy."... | |
| 1859 - 620 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing, "lo ! my helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing in my joy."... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing1, "lo ! my helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing in my joy."... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! Believing, " Lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing in my joy."... | |
| 1859 - 802 pages
...recall all these, and the one tendency that directs ihem all, 1 To keep down the base in man, To teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness,...And love of truth, and all that makes a man ;' and surely we must agree that, unless language be hypocrisy and literature a sham, this is not only the... | |
| 1859 - 364 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." He then tells her how, though his love has not departed from her, they must part for ever in this world,... | |
| Thomas Laycock - 1860 - 504 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden-passion for a maid ; Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness,...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man."* 520. The influence of love and maternity upon the corporeal form and mental character of woman is quite... | |
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