 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...on the wind ! With them no strife can last ; they live In peace, and peace of mind. " For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. "A lesson that is quickly learned, j A signal this... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 pages
...this time has largely governed the world, is expressed by the old and familiar lines of Wordsworth : " Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple...have the power, And they should keep who can." The time was when chattel slavery — the master on one side, ready booted and spurred to ride ; the slave... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1873 - 216 pages
...cynical line is the right one for the Germans ; why not say, in the words of Wordsworth, — ' And why ? Because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. ' But pray don't say this to our cousin, and thank... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 pages
...principles of piety and virtue as are likely to take soonest and deepest root. CS Note II. — a. For why the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. — WORDSWORTH. CS b. He went to where the accident... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1873 - 772 pages
...Edition, 1868), to have been drawn up by the same hand. The long and the short of it all is Rob Roy's " The good old rule Sufficeth them — the simple plan That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." " We can use other men's labor without paying for... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pages
..." The window alluded to contains some of the finest fourteenth century glass in England. " For why! because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple...have the power. And they should keep who can." The place of the sepulture of the young prince, is, strange to say, not definitely known, though there... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 260 pages
...profusion, reduces men to a state of internecine war, such as prevails among wild beasts. " For why ? because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." — Rob Roys Grave. 684 Catch-polt. A slang name... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...be again. The Solitary Reaper. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. Ibid. Because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Rob Roy's Grave. The Eagle, he was lord above, And... | |
 | Lal Behari Day - 1874 - 502 pages
...he live for ever ! " The peasants then went away to their houses. CHAPTER LI. THE AFFEAY. For why ? Because the good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Wordsworth. TWENTY-FIVE years ago there was hardly... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pages
...travel on the wind! With them no strife can last: they live In peace, and peace of mind. "For why? — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. " Allfraakishnessof mind ischecked; He tamed, who... | |
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For why ? — because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can. 
