 | 1867 - 854 pages
...preparation for wars. — Punch. THE SADNESS OF A TBANSITJ.ON PERIOD. [from New Poems, by Matthew Arnold.} Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern...: Silent they are, though not content, And wait to sec the future come. They have the grief men had of yore, But they contend and cry no more. Our fathers... | |
 | 1919 - 1066 pages
...great ideals. Mathew Arnold, in a mood of academic despondency, wrote of an age of transition, — Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern thought are dumb. Silent they stand, but not content, And wait to see the Future come. There may be some ex-kings of thought who... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...To these out-dated stings again ! The nobleness of grief is gone— Ah, leave us not the fret alone! But, if you cannot give us ease, Last of the race...who believe ! Silent, while years engrave the brow; Silent—the best are silent now. Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern thought are dumb;... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...pass'd mode, an outworn theme.— As if the world had ever had A faith, or sciolists been sadl But—if you cannot give us ease— Last of the race of them...who believe! Silent, while years engrave the brow; Silent—the best are silent now. Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern thought are dumb;... | |
 | 1878 - 642 pages
...to avoid action for any definite religious end, and take care not to commit ourselves. As he says : "Achilles ponders in his tent; The kings of modern thought are dumb ; Silent they are, but not content, And wait to see the future come ; They have the grief men had of yore, But they contend... | |
 | 1878 - 638 pages
...is Hulfinch's Age of Fable [Boston, 1855]. 134. Authorship wanted of the following quotations : a. " Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern thought are dumb, Silent ihev are, though not content, And wait to see the future come." b. "It is the best thing I ever wrote.... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1878 - 398 pages
...kings of modern thought are dumb, Silent they are, though not content, And wait to see the future come. Silent, while years engrave the brow, Silent, the best are silent now." We all feel certainly a disposition of the best and deepest part of us to share this silence, to be... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1878 - 454 pages
...kings of modern thought are dumb, Silent they are, though not content, And wait to see the future come. Silent, while years engrave the brow, Silent, the best are silent now." We all feel certainly a disposition of the best and deepest part of us to share this silence, to be... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 392 pages
...these out-dated stings again 1 The nobleness of grief is gone — Ah, leave us not the fret alone! But — if you cannot give us ease — Last of the...die out with these Last of the people who believe I Silent, while years engrave the brow; Silent — the best are silent now. Achilles ponders in his... | |
 | 1879 - 360 pages
...liulfinch's Age of Fable [Boston, 1855]. 134. Authorship wanted of the following quotations : a. " Achilles ponders in his tent, The kings of modern...dumb, Silent they are, though not content, And wait to seethe future come." b. " It is the best thing I ever wrote. I can't remember what I meant by it. You... | |
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Achilles ponders in his tent. The kings of modern thought are dumb ; Silent they are, though not content, And wait to see the future come. 
