 As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than...  Miscellaneous poems - Page 216by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1893Full view - About this book
 | 680 pages
...? having loved me to decline — Me I for him, a drivelling idiot, but with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this ? his eyes are blackened 1 think not... | |
 | 1867 - 738 pages
...the week's wages at the " Blue Elephant." So true it is that " Ai the husband is, the wife is : thon art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down." And she had no one but herself to thank for it, that was the embittering thought. wife, ill-treats... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...having loved me to decline — Jiff ! for him, a drivelling idiot, bnt with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this? his eyes are blackened ! think not... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...me—to decline On a range of lower feelings and a narrower heart than As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of...dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this 1 his eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him: it is thy duty: kiss him: take... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...upon the following propositions : H " As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with ac)own, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down." How true! This is poetry; for it suggests a long train of thoughts — of the fall of a superior nature... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of...eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Goto him: itisthyduty: kisshim: take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of...horse. What is this? his eyes are heavy: think not thej are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him : take hi« hand in thine. It may... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...day, What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of...little dearer than his horse. What is this? his eyes nre heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him : take his... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 pages
...decline On a range of lower feelings and a narrower heart than mine ! As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of...Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his i horse. What is this ? his eyes are heavy : think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him : it is... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 566 pages
...sympathize with clay. As the husband is, the wife is; thoa art mated with a clown, And the coarseness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent (ts novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this 1 his... | |
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