 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 Poems of Alfred Tennyson, 1830-1863 - Page 188by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 601 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 pages
...untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use !...Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use !...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... | |
 | 1849 - 608 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...work, I mine. There lies the port : the vessel puffs his sail : There gloom the dark-blue seas. My mariners, Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought... | |
 | 1844 - 714 pages
...duties, decent not to fail In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods When 1 am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the...the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toi1'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!...mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought withme — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts,... | |
 | 1845 - 732 pages
...tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods When 1 am gone. He works his work, I in inc. There lies the port : the vessel puffs her sail :...Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 pages
...untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use !...Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts,... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 372 pages
...tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. 15* There lies the port : the vessel puffs her sail :...Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 pages
...of me, discerning to fulfil This labor, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good....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... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1851 - 434 pages
...of me, discerning to fulfil This labor, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good....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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