 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. They...  Baccalaureate Sermons - Page 118by Melancthon Woolsey Stryker - 1905 - 97 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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 ; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last. It needed only the substitution of ' She ' for ' They,'... | |
 | 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...their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts... | |
 | 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...their ringing shot and passed; 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... | |
 | 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...their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged, — and broke at hist. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still ! They out-talked thee, hissed tb.ee, tore thec. 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 the victors, when they come, When the forts... | |
 | 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...their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. ' Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still !. They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. lietter men fared thus before thee ; 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1879 - 978 pages
...or nothing, I believe, — For God's sake, believe it, then ! " " They outrtalked thee, hissed thce, tore thee ! Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired...sank at last. " Charge once more, then, and be dumb '. Let the victors when they come, When the forte of foil; fall, Find thy bod; hv the wall ! " The... | |
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