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 down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... Littell's Living Age - Page 1991868Full view - About this book
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 256 pages
...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...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...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...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
| 1859 - 364 pages
...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...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." He then tells her... | |
| Thomas Laycock - 1860 - 504 pages
...influence of a virtuous attachment. Such is the experience of many observers of human nature. " For indeed I know Of no more subtle master 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... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...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...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...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...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 pages
...of noble deeds. Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of uo more subtle master under heaven, Thau is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down tho base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame,... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1871 - 822 pages
...to the lover than a beloved youth.' With this may be compared the words of Tennyson — ' For indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than...man, But teach high thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' The matchless '... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...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...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
| 1885 - 676 pages
...is the greatest safeguard to the virtue of our sex, and true love one of its brightest influences. "I know of no more subtle master under Heaven Than...only to keep down the base in man. But teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
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