So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be, How know I what had need of thee, For thou wert strong as thou wert true ? The fame is quench'd that I foresaw, The head hath miss'd an earthly wreath: I curse not nature, no, nor death;... Poetical Works - Page 52by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861Full view - About this book
| John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. Ibid. Ixiii. So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be. Ibid. Ixxii. Thy leaf has perished in the green. Ibid. Ixxiv. There lives more faith in honest doubt,... | |
| 1869 - 384 pages
...friend is quenched by an early death : — " The fame is quench'd that I foresaw, The head hath miss'd an earthly wreath ; I curse, not nature, no, nor death ; For nothing is that errs from law." Even the thought of the foul corruption of the grave is not insupportable : — " I wage not any feud... | |
| Afternoon lectures - 1869 - 378 pages
...friend is quenched by an early death : — " The fame is quench'd that I foresaw, The head hath miss'd an earthly wreath ; I curse not nature, no, nor death ; For nothing is that errs from law." Even the thought of the foul corruption of the grave is not insupportable : — " I wage not any feud... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 pages
...day ; Touch thy dull goal of joyless gray, ' And hide thy shame beneath the ground. LXXII. So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be, How know I what had need of thee, For thou vvert strong as thou wert true ? The fame is quench'd that I foresaw, The head hath miss'd an earthly... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...tablet glimmers to the dawn. DEATH ix LIFE'S PRIME. So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, surh .B. Ford and Company «trong as thou wert true ? The fame is quenched that 1 foresaw, The head hath missed un earthly wreath... | |
| 1872 - 900 pages
...And in the dark church, like a ghost, Thy tablet glimmers to the dawn. DEATH IN LIFE'S PRIME. So many he no f9 1 foresaw, The head hath missed an earthly wreath : I curse not nature, no, nor death ; For nothing... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 330 pages
...disastrous day ; Touch thy dull goal of joyless gray, And hide thy shame beneath the ground. LXXIII. O many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be, How know I what had need of thec, For thou wert strong as thou wert true ? The fame is quench'd that I foresaw, The head hath miss'd... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...And in the dark church, like a ghost, Thy tablet glimmers to the dawn. DEATH IN LIFE'S PRIME. So many turf upheaves, Mellow and dark the ridgy cornfield cleaves ; Up the steep hillside, w theo, For thou wert »trong as thou wert true Î The fame is quenched that I foresaw, The head hath... | |
| 1874 - 1002 pages
...perished in the green," and therefore our recollection of him shall have a fadeless freshness. " So many worlds, so much to do, * So little done, such things to be. How know I what had need of thec. For thou wert strong as thou wert true ? The fame is quenched that I foresaw, The head hath missed... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. Ibid. Ixiii. So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be. Ibid. Ixxii. Thy leaf has perished in the green. Ibid. Ixxiv. There lives more faith in honest doubt,... | |
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