 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...strife can last; they live In peace, and peace of mind. For why ? because the good old rule Sauiceth them, the simple plan. That they should take who have...th« power, And they should keep who can. A lesson which is quickly learned, A signal this which all can see ! Thus nothing here provokes the strong To... | |
 | Alexander Ross - 1866 - 348 pages
...embodies ideas that were afterwards introduced by Wordsworth into his verses on Rob Roy's Grave — "The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." So when the squire asks — " But tell me this,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1866 - 240 pages
...Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. (7) ' 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.' (8) 'A mighty maze, but not without a plan.' (9)... | |
 | Sidney Gilpin - 1866 - 594 pages
...sing, Nor fail to be the harbinger Of everlasting Spring. CUMBERLAND BORDER BALLADS. 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. HUGHIE THE GRAEME. [This ballad originally... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 772 pages
...of another nomination called Democratic — a nomination based upon the idea of Sherwood Forest : " 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." I have nothing to say, at present, of the candidates... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the human frame A mechanized automaton. Shelley, Queen MaI, in. 212. The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Wordsworth, Rob Roy's Grave. Power ! 'tis the favourite... | |
 | 1868 - 384 pages
...Ymddengys mai y rheol yn awr, i fesur helaeth, ydyw, " Trecha' treisied, a'r gwana' gwaedded." 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. Eitliaf rheol i Bob Roy a'i garn-lladron ; ond rheol... | |
 | mrs. Ward - 1869 - 356 pages
...lawyer to arrange previous to his death. Alexander and his mother had possession, and kept all— " 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." G CHAPTER XII. PREVIOUS to Mr Rutherford's death,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...may be again. The Solitary Reaprr. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. md. 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 Ro^s Grave. Stan2a 9. The swan on still St. Mary's... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...which the world grew pale, To point a moral and adorn a tale. Dr.Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes. The good old rule Sufficeth them ; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. Wordsworth's Rob Roy. This truth came borne by bier... | |
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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. 
