 To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden 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 maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep...  The Poetical Works - Page 213by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 398 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 606 pages
...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...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' The figure of the King is Miltonic in its shadowy aweinspiring outline as he moves off: — ' And more... | |
 | 1859 - 446 pages
...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...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee!" He leaves her ; she has not spoken ; her heart is full of repentance and deepest... | |
 | 1872 - 980 pages
...under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only t* keep down the base in man, Hut teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness,...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve. ... 1 wedded thee, Believing, lo ! mine hflp*naíe¡ one to feel My purpose, and rejoicing in my joy."... | |
 | 1872 - 830 pages
...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...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." The figure of the King is Miltonic in its shadowy awe-inspiring outline as he moves off:— " And more... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 340 pages
...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...purpose and rejoicing in my joy." Then came thy shameful sin with Lancelot ; Then came the sin of Tristram and Isolt ; Then others, following these my mightiest... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...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...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! H H Z H i " IT IS A SHAMEFUL THING FOR MEN TO LIE." — TENNYSON. KING AKTHUR'S... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...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...truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve until I wedded thee ! A SHAMEFUL THING FOR MEN TO LIE. — TENNYSON. r " THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH, YIELDING... | |
 | 1873 - 636 pages
...moral sun had arisen within us ? Is there not here a power " To keep down the base in man, To teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness,...And love of truth, and all that makes a man " ? And surely it cannot be less so with Christ, of whose infinite purity and love the Tennysonian Arthur is... | |
 | Henry Bleckly - 1873 - 172 pages
...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,...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." Nature avenges every transgression of her laws, and a recent writer supplies us with a curious commentary... | |
 | Frederick Perry - 1873 - 540 pages
...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...fame, And love of truth and all that makes a man." J • Gibbon's " Decline and Fall," ch. xliv. t Arist. Polit., vii. 16. J " Idylls of the King," Guinevere.... | |
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