 I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And...  In Memoriam - Page 78by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 211 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...likest God within the soul ? Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams'.' So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the...considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And tinding that of lifty seeds She often brings but one lo bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...likest God within the soul ? Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the...I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my wait of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God ; I stretch... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...laureate who after stating In the strongest form the excuses for doubt, proceeded to say of himself: — 1 falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith and grope And gather... | |
 | 1871 - 808 pages
...all ; " and in " The Two Voices " there are the same turns of thought as in No. 54, about nature : " So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life." But in these quasi sonnets Mr. Tennyson's v quietism found its most natural outlet. The dreaminess... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pages
...Divine grace as to human souls. Hence he sings another strain whose key-note is supplied by Nature. " I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her...but one to bear ; I falter where I firmly trod." And thus his " larger hope," originating in sentiment, " The jci's/i that of the living whole No life may... | |
 | 1883 - 500 pages
...Stanley. He could not believe him to be altogether in earnest. CHAPTER III. SUMMUM JUS, SliMMA INJUBIA. " So careful of the type she seems So careless of the single life." TENNYSON. Is it certain that competitive examination is the surest test of relative efficiency ? So... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1855 - 126 pages
...Thy sister Judgement now doth stronger seem Upon the stage, where erst thou played'st thy part : ' I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...weight of cares, Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope thro' darkness up to God ; " A leader false and castaway thou art," She sternly speaketh... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...likest God within the soul ? Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the...weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God ; I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...soul ? 1850.] IN MEMORIAM. Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the...I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my wait of cares Upon the great world'» altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God ; I stretch... | |
 | 1850 - 550 pages
...likest God within the soul? Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering every where Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one... | |
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