 A rugged people, and thro' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He...  The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson ... - Page 105by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1908 - 713 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1898 - 916 pages
...useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail 40 od H( toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me, — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 344 pages
...Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and...household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1899 - 672 pages
...people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled and wrought and thought with me, That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 pages
...people, and thro' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me— That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 568 pages
...people, and thro' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 276 pages
...useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail to In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Adena Rosmarin - 1985 - 218 pages
...of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good....household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. (11. 33-43) These passages must trouble attempts to read the poem lyrically. The "aged wife" is Penelope,... | |
 | R. P. Hewett - 1985 - 322 pages
...useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail 40 In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to...sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, 45 Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with meThat ever with a frolic welcome took The... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1995 - 682 pages
...people, and thro' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Robert Paul Metzger - 1993 - 116 pages
...people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail...the dark, broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with meThat ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine,... | |
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