 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
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1891 - 404 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. Now there is no mistaking this for the work of any other poet of our century. It belongs to Tennyson... | |
 | George Edward Jelf - 1891 - 398 pages
...life GOD grants the privilege to the gentler sex, " 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." Each shows us how true love for the virtuous soul 1 It is remarkable that in both these pictures the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1892 - 896 pages
...and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a And all this throve before I wedded thee, Believing,...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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1892 - 904 pages
...and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a And all this throve before I wedded thee, Believing,...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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1892 - 182 pages
...than material causes. Arthur, reproaching Guinevere as the cause of his life's failure, says :—• ' And all this throve before I wedded thee, Believing,...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... | |
 | Haverford College. Alumni Association - 1892 - 794 pages
...has entered upon an era of increased usefulness, and will still hold fast her noble aim — "To teach high thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." Shortly after the appointment was announced, the students inaugurated the new President, after their... | |
 | 1892 - 732 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.' A man might do worse than take those lines as a motto. If he lives up to them, he will leave a fair... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1893 - 288 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...Believing, ' lo mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose aid rejoicing in my joy.' Then came thy shameful sin with Lancelot; Then came the sin of Tristram and... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1893 - 464 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 ! Believing ' Lo, mine helpmate, one to feel My purpose and rejoicing in my joy.'... | |
 | Frank Walters - 1893 - 212 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. That is the theme of which Browning frequently treats. tNb one ever believed more firmly that the salvation... | |
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