 That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use.  Essays for College Men: 2d Series - Page 185by Norman Foerster - 1915 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1883 - 376 pages
...he comes, at length, " to find a stronger faith his own." Thus does he learn— "That life is not an idle ore, * * * * But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom, » * * * To shape and use."... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 pages
...to more • Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life IB not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom,...And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Fann, the sensual feast; Move upward, working out the beast, And let... | |
 | Andrew Martin Fairbairn - 1884 - 200 pages
...creature is incapable of creation. He must act, he must be disciplined, he must be taught. He is like Iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning...And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. But this carries with it necessarily the position — since man isthevehicleor form through whom... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 346 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crowned with attributes of woe, Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And battered with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual feast... | |
 | 1884 - 596 pages
...Let us examine into this matter and see. Is our belief like Tennyson's description of life ? — As iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipped in baths of hissing tears. And battered with the shock of Doom To shape and use. • Is our... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1885 - 546 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual feast; Move upward, working out the beast, And let... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 pages
...the volume is opened at last, there shall be a precious fragrance springing from them. — Spurgeon. Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...And batter'd with the shocks of doom, To shape and use. — Tennyson. The placing of the words in a sentence resembles, in some degree, the disposition... | |
 | 1885 - 868 pages
...plays of serious intention, plays that implicitly assert the value and dignity of human life, that it " is not as idle ore, ' But iron dug from central gloom...burning fears And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter1 d with the shocks of doom." Now that is a view of human life which it needs some courage to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 pages
...himself, from more to more ; Or, crown'd with attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central...And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise and fly The reeling Faun, the sensual feast ; Move upward, working out the beast, And let... | |
 | 1886 - 226 pages
...its deification of manly sports, the domestication of science will help to teach That life is not an idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of burning tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom. We have fallen on utilitarian days. Societies... | |
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